Dennis F. Evans, P. H. Missen
1985
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Journal of The Chemical Society-dalton Transactions
Abstract
Disodium [NN′-propane-1,3-diylbis(salicylideneimine-5′-sulphonato)(4–)]nickelate(II), Na2[Ni(salpds)], and disodium bis[salicylaldoxime-5-sulphonato(2–)]nickelate(II) have been prepared. Electronic spectra and magnetic susceptibility measurements show that in aqueous solution there is an equilibrium between the square-planar forms and six-co-ordinate species produced by co-ordination of two water molecules. Thermodynamic parameters are reported for the Na2[Ni(salpds)] system. The room-temperature i.r. spectrum of solid (diamagnetic) Na2[Ni(salpds)]·2H2O gives two well resolved bands in the O–H stretching region One of these is extremely sharp (bandwidth 16 cm–1) and occurs at an unusually high frequency (3 630 cm–1). The i.r. spectra of samples having various extents of deuteriation show that the two water molecules are crystallographically equivalent, with C1 site symmetry. In each H2O, one hydrogen atom is almost non-hydrogen-bonded while the other is involved in a hydrogen bond of moderate strength.