Lead(II) nitrate

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Lead(II) nitrate
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UN number 1469
  • InChI=1S/2NO3.Pb/c2*2-1(3)4;/q2*-1;+2
    Key: RLJMLMKIBZAXJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [N+](=O)([O-])[O-].[N+](=O)([O-])[O-].[Pb+2]
Properties
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Molar mass 331.2 g·mol−1
Appearance colorless or white
Density 4.53 g/cm3
Melting point 470 °C (878 °F; 743 K)[2] decomposes
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  • 376.5 g/L (0 °C (32 °F; 273 K))
  • 597 g/L (25 °C (77 °F; 298 K))
  • 1270 g/L (100 °C (212 °F; 373 K))
−74×10−6 cm3/mol[1][page needed]
1.782[2]
Thermochemistry
−451.9 kJ.mol−1[1][page needed]
Hazards
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0.05 mg/m3[3] (TWA)
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
93 mg/kg (rat, oral)[3]
500 mg/kg (guinea pig, oral)[4]
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):[6]
PEL (Permissible)
 0.050 mg/m3 (as lead)
REL (Recommended)
 0.050 mg/m3 (TWA, 8h, as lead)
IDLH (Immediate danger)
 100 mg/m3
Safety data sheet (SDS) ICSC 1000
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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Lead(II) nitrate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.Pb(NO3)2. It commonly occurs as a colourless crystal or white powder and, unlike most other lead(II) salts, is soluble in water.

Known since the Middle Ages by the name plumbum dulce (sweet lead), the production of lead(II) nitrate from either metallic lead or lead oxide in nitric acid was small-scale, for direct use in making other lead compounds. In the nineteenth century lead(II) nitrate began to be produced commercially in Europe and the United States. Historically, the main use was as a raw material in the production of pigments for lead paints, but such paints have been superseded by less toxic paints based on titanium dioxide. Other industrial uses included heat stabilization in nylon and polyesters, and in coatings of photothermographic paper. Since around the year 2000, lead(II) nitrate has begun to be used in gold cyanidation.[citation needed]

Lead(II) nitrate is toxic and must be handled with care to prevent inhalation, ingestion and skin contact. Due to its hazardous nature, the limited applications of lead(II) nitrate are under constant scrutiny.

History

Since the Middle Ages, lead(II) nitrate has been produced as a raw material for the production of coloured pigments in lead paints, such as chrome yellow (lead(II) chromate), chrome orange (lead(II) hydroxide chromate) and similar lead compounds. These pigments were used for dyeing and printing calico and other textiles.[7]

In 1597, the German alchemist Andreas Libavius first described the compound, coining the medieval names of plumb dulcis and calx plumb dulcis, meaning "sweet lead", because of its taste.[8] Although originally not understood during the following centuries, the decrepitation property of lead(II) nitrate led to its use in matches and special explosives such as lead azide.[9]

The production process was and still is chemically straightforward, effectively dissolving lead in nitric acid and subsequently harvesting the precipitate. However, the production remained small-scale for many centuries, and the commercial production of lead(II) nitrate as raw material for the manufacture of other lead compounds was not reported until 1835.[10][11] In 1974, the U.S. consumption of lead compounds, excluding pigments and gasoline additives, was 642 tons.[12]

Production

Lead nitrate is produced by reaction of lead(II) oxide with concentrated nitric acid:[13]Template:Rp

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It may also be obtained by evaporation of the solution obtained by reacting metallic lead with dilute nitric acid.[14]

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Solutions and crystals of lead(II) nitrate are formed in the processing of lead–bismuth wastes from lead refineries.[15]

Structure

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The black dots represent the lead atoms, the white dots the nitrate groups 27 picometres (0.27 Å) above the plane of the lead atoms, and the blue dots the nitrate groups the same distance below this plane. In this configuration, every lead atom is bonded to twelve oxygen atoms (bond length: 281 picometres (2.81 Å)). All Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.N−O bond lengths are identical, at 127 picometres (1.27 Å).[18]

Research interest in the crystal structure of lead(II) nitrate was partly based on the possibility of free internal rotation of the nitrate groups within the crystal lattice at elevated temperatures, but this did not materialise.[17]

Chemical properties and reactions

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Lead nitrate is an oxidizer and has been used as such in pyrotechnics.[9][19]

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Solutions of lead nitrate can be used to form co-ordination complexes. Lead(II) is a hard acceptor; it forms stronger complexes with nitrogen and oxygen electron-donating ligands. For example, combining lead nitrate and pentaethylene glycol (shortened to EO5 in the referenced paper) in a solution of acetonitrile and methanol followed by slow evaporation produced the compound [Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.Pb(NO3)2EO5].[21] In the crystal structure for this compound, the EO5 chain is wrapped around the lead ion in an equatorial plane similar to that of a crown ether. The two bidentate nitrate ligands are in trans configuration. The total coordination number is 10, with the lead ion in a bicapped square antiprism molecular geometry.

The complex formed by lead nitrate with a bithiazole bidentate N-donor ligand is binuclear. The crystal structure shows that the nitrate group forms a bridge between two lead atoms.[22] One aspect of this type of complex is the presence of a physical gap in the coordination sphere; i.e., the ligands are not placed symmetrically around the metal ion. This is potentially due to a lone pair of lead electrons, also found in lead complexes with an imidazole ligand.[23]

Applications

Lead nitrate has been used as a heat stabiliser in nylon and polyesters, as a coating for photothermographic paper, and in rodenticides.[13]Template:Rp

Heating lead nitrate is convenient means of making nitrogen dioxide:

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In the gold cyanidation process, addition of lead(II) nitrate solution improves the leaching process. Only limited amounts (10 to 100 mg lead nitrate per kilogram gold) are required.[24][25]

In organic chemistry, it may be used in the preparation of isothiocyanates from dithiocarbamates.[26] Its use as a bromide scavenger during SN1 substitution has been reported.[27]

Safety

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Lead(II) nitrate is toxic, and ingestion may lead to acute lead poisoning, as is applicable for all soluble lead compounds.[28] All inorganic lead compounds (but not elemental lead) are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as probably carcinogenic to humans (Category 2A). They have been linked to renal cancer and glioma in experimental animals and to renal cancer, brain cancer and lung cancer in humans, although studies of workers exposed to lead are often complicated by concurrent exposure to arsenic.[29] Lead is known to substitute for zinc in a number of enzymes, including δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (porphobilinogen synthase) in the haem biosynthetic pathway and pyrimidine-5′-nucleotidase, important for the correct metabolism of DNA and can therefore cause fetal damage.[30]

See also

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