Research Article

Synthesis and Improvement of Activity of Cobalt Organic Salts as Drier

Table 1

Comparison of the effect of ligand on the activity of cobalt drier (3), and of 6.

Drier (nm)  mol−1cm−1Drying (hr)Explanation

Blank>24Cross-linking did not take place.
36253004As reference.
6a6903703Electron donating of nitrogen increased the reactivity of cobalt.
6b6303203Resonance of electron pair of nitrogen with aromatic ring made aniline ineffective.
6c6263054Positive charge of nitrogen resulted from the coordination to cobalt made Et3N unreactive.
6d6883463Electron donating of nitrogen increased the reactivity of cobalt.
6e6353325Electronegativity of oxygen decreased the nucleophilicity of the ligand.
6f6182169The stability of redox reaction products postponed the cross linking.