Volume 628, Issue 2 pp. 344-348
Article

Tetracyanometallates with Complex Dien Cations: [Ni(dien)2][Ni(CN)4]·2H2O and [Ni(dien)2][Pd(CN)4]

Juraj Černák Doz. Dr.

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Juraj Černák Doz. Dr.

Košice/Slovakia, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, P.J. Šafárik University

Department of Inorganic Chemistry, P.J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, 041 54 Košice, SlovakiaSearch for more papers by this author
Jana Paharová

Jana Paharová

Košice/Slovakia, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, P.J. Šafárik University

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Ján Skoršepa

Ján Skoršepa

Košice/Slovakia, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, P.J. Šafárik University

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Werner Massa

Werner Massa

Marburg, Fachbereich Chemie und Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften der Philipps-Universität

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Abstract

The crystal structures of two square tetracyanocomplexes were determined. [Ni(dien)2][Ni(CN)4]·2H2O (NDNCH) and [Ni-(dien)2][Pd(CN)4] (NDPC) (dien = diethylene triamine) exhibit ionic structures consisting of mer-[Ni(dien)2]2+ cations and [Ni(CN)4]2- or [Pd(CN)4]2- anions, respectively. Moreover, the structure of NDNCH is completed by two water molecules of crystallisation. In both compounds hydrogen bonds contribute to the stabilisation of the structure. NDNCH dehydrates on air quickly yielding anhydrous [Ni(dien)2][Ni(CN)4] (NDNC). Its thermal decomposition proceeds in a complicated process followed by aerial oxidation of metallic nickel to NiO.

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