DMSO와 $H_2O$용매 중에서 결합구조가 밝혀진 동공의 크기를 달리한 토륨(IV) 착물들의 전기전도도를 측정하여 해리현상과 전해질의 행동을 알아 보고 DMSO용매중에서 polarography와 cyclic voltammography적 거동을 조사하여 합성착물의 산화환원반응 메카니즘, 가역성을 알아 보고 환원과정에 관여하는 전자수 및 착물의 확산계수를 계산하였다. 그 결과 반양성자성 용매에서 모든 착물들은 1:1전해질로, 물에서는 1:4전해질로 각각 행동하고, DMSO용매중에서 각 착물의 환원반응은 1전자 1단계의 환원반응으로 가역적이며 확산계수는 착물종에 따라 $5.831{ imes}10^{-6}{sim}6.900{ imes}10^{-6}$이었다. 그리고 모든 착물의 물분자는 -1.8V(대조전극, SCE)이상에서 분해를 일으켜 수소기체를 발생한다.
The electrical conductances for the thorium (IV) complexes with crown ethers have been measured in DMSO, and water solvents, and the oxidation-reduction reaction mechanisms, electron number and diffusion coefficients in the reversible reduction process have been examined by polarography and cyclic voltammography. The dissociation mole ratio of $Th^{4+}$ and nitrate ion are 1:1 and in aprotic solvent, and 1:4 in protic solvent like as water. The limiting molar conductances of all complexes in aprotic solvent have been found to be in the range of $92.2{ imes}159$ $ohm^{-1}cm^2mol^{-1}$. In aprotic solvent, DMSO, the reduction of each complex is reversible by one electron reduction of one step, and the range of diffusion coefficients is obserbed to be $5.83;10^{-6}{sim}6.90{ imes}10^{-6}$. The complexes which have reduction step were hydrolyzed above at 1.8volt with reference saturated calomel electrode, generating the hydrogen gas. The reaction mechanisms of thorium (IV)-crown ether complexes appear as follows. ${Th_m(IV)L_n(H_2O)_x(NO_3)_{4y}}_=^{DMSO} {overline{{Th_m(IV)L_n(H_2O)_x(NO_3)_{4y-1}}}^+ + NO_3-$
