%0 Journal Article
%T Spectroscopic Studies of Methimazole Reactivity toward the Aquapentacyanoferrate (II) Ion in Aqueous Solutions
%A D. Cvijanovi
%A V. Damjanovi
%A I. Picek
%A B. Foreti
%J Spectroscopy: An International Journal
%D 2012
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2012/136058
%X Methimazole (2-mercapto-1-methylimidazole, MMI) and its pentacyanoferrate (II) complex have been characterized by means of UV/Vis, Raman, and NMR spectroscopy. The reaction of MMI with aquapentacyanoferrate (II), [Fe(CN)5(H2O)]3−, in buffered aqueous solutions yielded the [Fe(CN)5(MMI)]3− complex. It was found that only thione tautomer of MMI coordinates to the iron (II). The exceptionally stabile and inert complex was produced.
%U http://www.hindawi.com/journals/spectroscopy/2012/136058/