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Novel Mononuclear andBinuclear Zinc(II), Cadmium(II)and Mercury(II) Complexes ofMacrocyclic LigandsS. K. Sengupta a & Shyam Kumar ba Department of Chemistry, University of Gorakhpur,Gorakhpur, 273001b Oil and Natural Gas Commission, B.O.P., Bombay,IndiaPublished online: 05 Dec 2006.
To cite this article: S. K. Sengupta & Shyam Kumar (1983): Novel Mononuclear andBinuclear Zinc(II), Cadmium(II) and Mercury(II) Complexes of Macrocyclic Ligands,Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, 13:7, 929-941
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SYNTH. REACT. INORG. MET.-ORG. CHEM., 1 3 ( 7 ) , 929-941 (1983)
NOVEL IIOIU'ONUCLEAR AND BINUCLEkR ZIXC( 11) , CADMIUM( 11) AIuD
MFRCUFfY( 11) COG'LMES OF Y i C R O C Y C L I C LIGKNDS
S.K. Senguptaa and Shyam Kumar * b
a Department of Chemistry, U n i v e r s i t y of Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur 273001
O i l and I'iaturs.1 G a s Commission, B.G.2., Bombay, India .
ABSTRACT
A novel s e r i e s of complexes o f the type l M ( D A P T I i ) X 2 1
(M = Z n ( I I ) , Cd( 11) o r Iig(11) ; D U T H = pentadenta te l igand
der ived from 2 ,6-d iace ty lpyr id ine and th iocarbohydraz ide , X = C 1 ,
Br, CH3CO0) , have been synthes ized and c h a r a c t e r i z e d by e lementa l
a n a l y s e s , e l e c t r i c a l conductance measurements and i n f r a r e d
s p e c t r a l data. The 1igand DAPTfl i s found t o behave as a penta-
d e n t a t e l igand having coord ina t ion s i t e s a t t h e p y r i d i n e n i t r o g e n ,
two azomethine n i t r o g e n s and two thioamide su lphur a toms.
Tenta t ive s t r u c t u r e s have been proposed f o r t h e s e complexes.
A l l o f t h e s e complexes conta in t e r m i n a l h y d r a z i n i c n i t r o g e n
atoms with an unshared e l e c t r o n p a i r and may take p a r t i n
n u c l e o p h i l i c condensations. Therefore , t h e r e a c t i o n s of t h e s e
complexes w i t h 2 , L d i a c e t y l p y r i d i n e have a l s o been s t u d i e d
which cause r i n g c l o s u r e and formation o f macrocycl ic l igand
complexes. Two t y p e s o f c y c l i c products , v i z . mononucl.ear
[M(L')X2] and b i n u c l e a r [M2(L' )X4]
L' = macrocycl ic l igand d e r i v e d from DAPTH and 2,6-diacetylpyridine ;
X = C 1 , B r o r Ca3COO) have been i s o l a t e d by c a r r y i n g out t h e
(M = Zn(I1) , Cd( 11) or Hg(I1) :
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r e a c t i o n s by d i f f e r e n t methods. The i n f r a r e d s p e c t r a o f t h e s e
c y c l i c products are r e p o r t e d .
I n r e c e n t y e a r s a g r e a t d e a l of i n t e r e s t i n t h e chemistry
o f metal complexes o f macrocycl ic l igands has been aroused on
account of t h e i r resemblance t o s e v e r a l b i o l o g i c a l systems l i k e
ch lorophyl l , v i tamin B , 2 end haemoglobin’ ,*. The major i ty o f
s y n t h e t i c macrocyclic l i g a n d complexes h a s been obtained by t h e
condensat ion of d i - o r polyamines with aldehydes o r ke tones . A p a r t i c u l a r l y usefu l p r e c u r s o r i s 2 ,6-d iace ty lpyr id ine , having
two r e a c t i v e carbonyl groups capable of undergoing S c h i f f base
condensat ion with a v a r i e t y of d i - and polyamines. The use of
meta ls as templa tes i n such r e a c t i o n s h a s l e d t o the s y n t h e s i s
of a l a r g e number of meta?. complexes o f macrocycl ic l i g a n d s . However, v e r y few b inuc lear macrocycl ic metal complexes have been
repor ted . The i n t e r e s t i n such complexes a r i s e s due t o s e v e r a l
reasons inc luding the s tudy of metal-metal exchange i n t e r a c t i o n ,
e l e c t r o n t r a n s f e r p r o p e r t i e s , t h e binding and t h e p o s s i b l e
a c t i v a t i o n of small s u b s t r z t e molecules between t h e metal c e n t r e s
and 8s s y n t h e t i c models f o r some m e t a l l o p r o t e i n s i n which t h e
b i o l o g i c a l f u n c t i o n i s be l ieved t o be a s ? o c i a t e d with t h e
occurrence of metal c e n t r e s i n pairs4-’.
1
1
2
With t h i s view a high d e n t i c i t y l i g a n d , 2 , L d i a c e t y l -
pyridine-bis( thiocarbohydrazone) ( GliPTH) , capable of undergoing
c y c l i z a t i o n u t i l i z i n g t h e meta l template e f f e c t has been designed.
This paper r e p o r t s the s y n t h e s i s and c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n of z inc( 11) , cadmium( 11) and mercury( 11) curoplexea of DWTH and t h e i r r e a c t i o n s
with 2,6-diace t y l p y r i d i n e ,
EXPERIMENTAL
Thiocarbohydrazide was prepared as r e p o r t e d i n t h e 8 l i t e r a t u r e . 2,6-l)iacetylpyrFdine-bis( thiocarbohydraeone) (DMTH)
wae prepared by t h e following method.
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-Preparat ion of the l igand D U ?
2,6-Diacetylpyridine ( 1 mol) was added t o an aqueous
e t h a n o l i c s o l u t i o n ( 6 Q , 60 ml) of thiocarbohydrazide ( 2 m l )
i n t h e presence of sodium a c e t a t e ( 2 mol). The r e a c t i o n mixture
was re f luxed f o r about 45 min., and a yellow product separa ted
out which w a s f i l t e r e d , washed w i t h an e t h a n o l i c s o l u t i o n ( 6 @ )
of sodium a c e t a t e and d i s t i l l e d water and d r i e d i n =LO.
P r e p a r a t i o n of complexes of DAPTH, [M(L)X21 (N = Zn, Cd or Hg;
I, = DAPTH; X = C 1 , B r , CE,COO) --------- ----
A g e n e r a l procedure was followed t o s y n t h e s i z e these
complexes. The procedure i n v o l v e s the a d d i t i o n of t h e l igand
DAPTK (0.02 mol) t o an aqueous e t h s n o l i c (6@, 60 m l ) s o l u t i o n
of the a p p r o p r i a t e metal salt (0.02 mol). The mixture was
re f luxed f o r s. 6-7 h r s on a water bath. A l i g h t yellow o r
l i g h t orange mas8 which appeared immediately o r on keeping t h e
s o l u t i o n overn ight was f i l t e r e d , washed w i t h e t h a n o l and h o t
water and d r i e d i n ~ c s a t room temperature .
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Yel low 58
Y e l l ow 55
Y e l l o w i s h 58 o r a n g e
Dark y e l l o w 45
Dark y e l l o w 4 2
Orange 48
Dark y e l l o w 5 2
Dark y e l l o w 50
Redd i sh 5 0 o range
P a l e y e l l o w 65
Yel low 60
[ Cd(DAPl%)(CH3COO)2] L i g h t ye l low 58
[Cd( mac)C12 3
[Cd( mac)Br2 '3
Dark y e l l o w 58
Dark y e l l o w 55
27.6 3.3 26-4 13.P 14.2 ( 2 7 . 8 ) ( 3 . 6 ) ( 2 6 . 5 ) ( 1 3 . 8 ) ( 1 4 . 3 )
23.2 3 . 0 22.0 11.7 2E.1 ( 2 7 . 4 ) ( 3 . 0 ) ( 2 2 . 3 ) ( 1 1 . 6 ) ( 2 8 . 3 )
34.4 4 .1 24.0 12.5 - ( 3 4 . 5 ) ( 4 . 4 ) ( 24.2) ( 12.5;
39 .6 (39 .8 )
34.4 (34 .7 )
41.0 ( 4 1 . 3 )
32.5 ( 3 2 . 5 )
26.0 ( 26.2)
40 .2 (40 .3 )
25.3 ( 25.2)
3 .5 23.2 10.6 11 .8 3 . 6 ) (23 .2 ) ( 1 0 . 8 ) ( 1 1 . 8 )
3 .2 20.0 9.5 23.1 3 .2 ) ( 2 0 . 2 ) ( 9 . 5 ) ( 2 3 . 1 )
4 .0 20.1 16.0 - 4 . 0 ) ( 2 0 . 1 ) ( 1 6 . 1 )
3.0 18.6 17.5 19 .2 3 . 0 ) (18.9) ( 1 7 . 7 ) ( 1 9 . 2 )
2.3 15.3 14.0 34 .9 2 .4) (15 .3 ) (14 .3 ) (34 .9 )
4 .0 16.6 15.5 - 4.0) (16 .8 ) ( 1 5 . 7 )
3.0 24.2 21.1 13.6 3 .2 ) (24 .2 ) ( 2 1 . 5 ) ( 13.6)
21.4 2.5 20.2 18.4 26.2 ( 2 1 . 6 ) ( 2 . 8 ) ( 2 0 . 6 ) ( 1 8 . 4 ) ( 2 6 . 2 )
31 .2 3.8 22.0 19.7 - (31 .6 ) (4 .0 ) (22 .1 ) (19 .7 )
36 .7 3 . 2 21.6 17.3 10.8 (36 .9 ) (3 .4 ) (21 .6 ) ( 1 7 . 7 ) ( 1 0 . 9 )
32 .5 2.9 18.7 15.2 21.4 ( 3 2 . 5 ) ( 3 . 0 ) ( 19.0) ( 15.2) ( 21.7)
(continued)
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Dark y e l l o w
Dark ye l low
50
5 2
L i g h t yel low 6 0
41.1 ( 4 1 . 3 )
28.5 ( 2c. 8 )
23.7 23.7)
36.0 36.2)
21.4 21.6)
18.9 (18 .9 )
4 .0 20.0 16.1 - ( 4 . 0 ) (20 .1 ) ( 16.1)
2.5 16.5 27.0 16 .8 ( 2 . 6 ) (16 .6 ) ( 27.0)( 17.0)
2.0 17.5 22.1 31.7 ( 2 . 2 ) (13 .8 ) (22 .2 ) (31 .7 )
3 .7 15.0 24.2 - ( 3 . 7 ) ( 1 5 . 1 ) ( 2 4 . 2 )
( 2.8) ( 2C. 6 ) 2.8 20.4 32 .5 11.6
( 3 2.8) ( 1 1.6)
2. 1 18.0 28.6 22.8 ( 2 . 4 ) ( 1 8 . 0 ) (28 .7 ) (22 .9 )
27.6 2.0 13.5 39.7 14 .0 23.8) ( 2 . 2 ) (13 .8 ) ( 3 9 . 7 ) ( 1 4 . 0 )
20.1 1.1 11.6 33.8 26.6 20.2) ( 1 . 8 ) (11 .8 ) (33 .8 ) (26 .9 )
[ H @ ; ~ ( ~ ~ C ) ( C H ~ C O O ) ~ - J Orange 55 30.5 3.0 12.7 36.5 - (30.5) ( 3 . 1 ) (12 .7 ) ( 3 6 . 4 )
a D d ? T H = 2,6-Diacetylpyridine-bis( t h i o c a r b o h y d r a z o n e ) ; mac = m a c r o c y c l i c l i g a n d d e r i v e d from DWTH and 2 , 6 4 i a c e t y l -
p y r i d i n e
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g r e p a r a t i o n of mononuclear conlplexes of t h e m a c r o c ~ c l . i c l igand , [h!(L')X2] (I4 = Zn, Cd o r Lg; X = Cl, B r o r l;?i3COO; L' = new
macrocycl ic l iRand der ived by condensat ion o f D U T B with
2 & i a c e t y l p y r i d i n e )
-------1_
--
A comon procedure was adopted t o s y n t h e s i z e 'these
conplexes. 2 ,6-Liace ty lpyr id ine d isso lved i n aqueous e t h a n o l
(60%) (0.C1 mol i n 5 0 ml) was a d d e d t o t h e a p p r o p r i a t e DWTh
complex (0 .C1 mol) and re f luxed f o r 16-20 h r s . The c o l o u r of t h e
mixture i n t e n s i f i e d and t h e p r e c i p i t a t e ob ta ined was f i l t e r e d ,
washed wieh e t h a n o l and h o t water and d r i e d i n vacuo a t room
temperature.
P r e p a r a t i o n of b i n u c l e a r complexes o f t h e macrocycl ic l igand ,
[M2(L ' )X4] ( M = Xn, Cd o r H g ; X = C1, E r or CHgCOO) ------------- A g e n e r a l krocedure was adopted t o s y n t h e s i z e t h e s e
complexes, involv ing t h e a d d i t i o n of an e x c e s s of t h e a p p r o p r i a t e
metal s a l t t o a n aqueous e t h a n o l i c s o l u t i o n (6@, 50 ml) of
2 ,6-d iace ty lpyr id ine (0.01 mol) and th iocarbohydras ide (0.01 mol).
The s o l u t i o n was re f luxed f o r s. 20-22 h r s , and a dark yel low
or orange coloured p r e c i p i t a t e appeared which was f i l t e r e d ,
washed thoroughly with e t h a n o l and d r i e d i n vacuo a t room
temperature .
P h y s i c a l Eieasurements
The d e t a i l s of phys ica l measurements a r e t h e same as 9 descr ibed e a r l i e r .
A n a l y t i c a l Procedures
Microanalyses f o r carbon and hydrogen were performed by
t h e C.D.R.I., Lucknow, and by t h e Department of Chemistry,
B.H.U. , Varanasi . Ni t rogen was es t imated by X j e l d a h l ' 8 method.
E e t a l s w e r e es t imated by s tandard l i t e r a t u r e procedures . 10
A n a l y t i c a l d a t a of t h e complexes prepared are g iven i n
Table 1.
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The zinc( 11) , cadmium( 11) end nerct , ry( li) con:plexes of
the pentadenta te l igand 2,6-diacetylpyrid ine-b ie( thiocarbo-
hydrazone) ( LiMTH) have been synthes ised by r e f l u x i n g equ.irnolar
s o l u t i o n s of the a p p r o p r i a t e x e t a l salt w i t > : Z d T i ; , both
d i s s o l v e d i i i aqueous e thanol . The r e a c t i o n s appecr t o proceed
according t o t h e io l lowing equat ion :
The e lementa l a n a l y s e s of tnc cm:,lexes sh3w 1 : 1 p e t a l
t o l igand s toichiouietry. These complexes a r e s o l u b l e i n
d i n e thy1 f o mamid e , d i n e t h g l mi l p h ox i d e end p a t i a l l y s olr. $1 e
i n n i t robenzene . The complexes do n o t m l t u p t o 25O0C. The
e l e c t r i c a l conductance o f t h e s e comglexes i n dimethylformamicle
i n d i c a t e s t h e i r n o n - e l e c t r o l y t i c na ture . a c c o r d i n g l y , t h e s e
complexes can be formulated as [M(L)X2] (where I?: = Zn, Cd.
or Hg; L = t h e p lanar pentadenta te l igand 2 ,6-d iace ty lpyr id ine-
h i s ( thiocarbohydrazone) ( DMim;) ; X = C1, br , CIijCOO).
On t r e a t i n g one mole of t h e z inc( i1) , cadmium( 11)
o r rnercury(I1) complex of DMTL with one mole o f 2 ,6-diacetyl-
pyr id ine , i n t e n s e l y coloured products were i s o l a t e d . It appears
t h a t i n the zinc( 11) , cadmium( 11) and mercury( IT) complexes
of DAPTH t h e t w o te rmina l hydraz in ic groups remain uncoardinated
and can t a k e p a r t i n n u c l e o p h i l i c condensat ions wi th
2 ,6-d iace ty lpyr id ine , g iv ing r i s e t o metal complexes o f
macrocycl ic l igands . The r e a c t i o n s appear t o proceed accord ing
t o Scheme I.
However, i f t h e r e a c t i o n s are c a r r i e d o u t i n s i t u , i . e . ,
t h e meta l s a l t , th iocarbohydraz ide and 2 , 6 4 i a c e t y l p y r i d i n e a r e
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I BH I IJH 2
PX
e than01 --- 2
Scheme I
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rrixed t o g e t h e r i n e t h a n o l and r e f l u x e d , an e n t i r e l y d i f f e r e n t
b i n u c l e a r , , r oduc t i s o b t a i n e d . The r e a c t i o n s may be proposed
t o p roceed a c c o r d i n g t o Scheme il.
The metal t o l i g i ind s to ic ! i iomet ry o f all o f t h e s e
p r o d u c t s h a s been e s t a b l i s h e d on t h e b a s i s gf e l e r e n t a l
a n s l y - e s ( T a b l e 1 ) . These complexee have h i g h E e l t i n & p o i n t s
( ) 2 C O o C ) and a r e so lu .b le i n d i m e t h y l f o r m r i d e and dia3ethql-
su lphox ide . The complexes Sehave a,c n o n - e l e c t r o l y t e s i n
d in le thyl formamide . S i n c e t h e s e c y c l i c p r o d u c t s cou ld n o t b e
i s o l a t e d i n t h e absence of an p e t a l i o n , t h e B n ; l i ) , C d ( 1 i )
and Elg(I1) i o n s a p p e a r t o a c t as k i n e t i c ' t e m p l a t e s ' .
e t h a n o l 1 h3c / m 3
\ c N c
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The pentadenta te l igcnd 2 , G-d iace t y l p y r id ine-b i o -
(t;iiocurbohyi'razoue) ( D , d T L ) showe bands due t o the pyridi ' le
r i n p , the thioamide group, t h e apiino q r o u p 3nd t h e hyclrazine
o r azomothine g roup .
Tile i n f r a r e d s p e c t r u x of t h e l i f m d IJMTi i shows
b ~ i i c ; ~ ::.t 1560, 1210, 1080 tnd 770 c111-l which a r e nseigned t o
triioai;!iae-I, -ii , - ;.:;ia -;i' v i k a t i o n ? , resQect ive ly
The l i g z n u s conta in ing the hlI-C=S group c m vnaerzo thioi le t h i o l
t:Automerim. iiowever, the ap,eer:-Nnce of f o u r tkiioazide barids
i.; t h o o jec t ru i , i of the y r e P e i t l i ~ c ; ~ t c - t h e e x i s t e n c e
01 the l igand in t;i e t k i o n e fornll'. The thionmide-iV band has
been fou.nd t o have a maximum 3 C = S cont r i 'u id ion . I n the complexes
t h i s bznd s h i l ' t s t o lower frequency ( - 2 5 cin- j sugzes t ing t h e
c o o r d i a i - t i o n 01' $he s u l p h u r &tom t o the n e t e l 1 2 ' 1 3 . The new bands
appearing i n t h e complexes a t 2. 340-300 cm-l nay be ass igned
11,12
1
t o J(I4-S).
The l igand chows a weak band t i t s. 1 6 5 C c m - ' , which c x i be 14 a s s i g i e d t o the J ( C = h ) v i b r a t i o n of the azoniethine l i n k a g e .
The apQearance of a weak J ( C = A ) i s ii? :Iccord w i t h the observa t ion
of s e v e r a l o t h e r workers 1 4 , 1 5 . The band due t o
a t a s l i g h t l y lower r e g i o n (- 1620-1610 cm-l) i n the complexes
sugges t ing t h a t t h e n i t r o g e i atom of t h e azomethine is coordin'ated
t o t h e metal atom14. The bands ap jear i i ig i n the r e g i o n 400-360 em-
may b e assigned t o J ( P 1 - N ) v i b r a t i o n s
J(C=L>I) apL3ears
1
16 . The p y r i d i n e r i n g v i b r a t i o n s most a f f e c t e d by p y r i d i n e
n i t r o g e n coord ina t ion t o a metal atom are 8a ( p y r i d i n e ring
deformat ion) , 6a ( in-p lane r i n g deformation) and 16b (out-of-plane
deformation) 17'18. These v i b r a t i o n s ap$ear a t 1580, 620 and
410 cm-', r e s p e c t i v e l y i n the f r e e l igand . I n a l l the complexes
these bands Show a s h i f t t o h i g h e r energy (-30-lC cm-')
i n d i c a t i n g c o o r d i n a t i o n of the p y r i d i n e n i t r o g e n t o the metal
atom I7*l8. The J(M-Py) v i b r a t i o n s are l o c a t e d a t 2 .275-250 cm- . 1
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1 The l igand DAPl% n7so T:ID'IO ?, .!poac' k . : C ; t 3250 cm- , a long with t w o shoulders a t 1280 and 3230 cm-l which may be ciue
t o 3 sym(XH) and
t h e s e bands p e r s i s t , i n d i c a t i n g the non-coordination of t h e
te rmina l a r i n o group t o the metal atom.
Jasym(iW) ~ i b r a t i o n s ' ~ . In the complexes
On t h e b a s i s of t h e above s p e c t r a l f e a t u r e s a seven
coordiinated s t r u c t u r e nay be sugpested f o r t h e Zn(LI) , Cd(I1)
and hg(Ii) complexes of DAYTk i n which t h e l igand coord ina tes
v i a t h e p y r i d i n e n i t r w e n ) t w o azorm th ine n i t r o e e n s and two
thioamide su lphur atoms and t h e two a x i a l pos i t io i i s a r e
occupied by d i f f - e r e n t anions.
The i n f r a r e d s p e c t r a of the macrocyclic complexes d o n o t show
any s igni f i . can t changes. however, t h e
Only one band i s observed i n t h e J ( N h ) reg ion a t 3210 cm-', which
may be due t o t h e secondary amino group, e s t a b l i s h i n g the
condensat ion o f the p r i n a r y amino group with the carbonyl group
of 2 ,6-d iace ty lpyr id ine . This i s f u r t h e r supported by the appearance
of a very weak band a t 1 6 4 0 cm-' i n t h e [M(L')X2] complexes,
e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e f o r n a t i o n of a n azsmethine l inkage . I n t h e
b i n u c l e a r complexes t h i s band d i s a p p e a r s , which may be taken a s
evidence f o r t h e coord ina t ion of t h e azomethine n i t r w e n t o
a n o t h e r metal atom. F u r t h e r , t h e medium o r weak bands apaearing
a t 9. 1570, 620 and 420 cm-' i n t h e [M(Lt)X2] type complexes,
may be due t o 8a, 6a and 16b v i b r a t i o n s of t h e non-coordinated
p y r i d i n e moiety17. I n b i n u c l e a r complexes t h e s e bands s h i f t t o
h i g h e r f requency and overlap with t h e coordinated pyr id ine r i n g
v i b r a t i o n s of the f i r s t metal. A s a r e s u l t broad bands appear a t
2. 1590, 630 and 425 crn-'. This confirms t h e coord ina t ion of t h e
second p y r i d i n e n i t r o g e n t o another metal atom. The s p e c t r a l
f e a t u r e s i n conjunct ion with t h e i n t e n s e c o l o u r o f the complexes
support t h e formation of macrocycl ic l igand complexes. The i n t e n s e
colour o r i g i n a t e s from a high degree o f conjugat ion p r e s e n t i n
t h e macrocycl ic systems.
d(Nh2) bands d isappear .
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I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e above bands t h e c h l o r o and bromo
complexes of Z n i L i ) , C d ( I i j and &(Xi) show bands ;it c g . 360-740
and 310-700 cm-' which may be a s s i g i e d t o ~ ( N - C l ) and J(?!-iir)
v i b r a t i o n s , r e ~ p e c t i v e l y ' ~ . The i n f r m e d c p e c t r a o f tk.e a c e t a t o
complexes s h o w bands a t s. 154@-153C and 1270-1260 cm-' due t o
asymmetr ic arid e y m e t r i c COO s t r e t c h i n g v i b r a t i o n s and conf i rm
t h e p r e s e n c e o f a c o o r d i n e t e d a c e t a t e g roup i n t h e con!?lexes.
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Accepted: June 22 , 1983 Referee I: R.P. Kreh
Referee 11: L.W. Houk
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