Isotopic labelling applied to the infrared spectra of metal complexes

Niven, Margaret Lilian

Isotopic labelling applied to the infrared spectra of metal complexes

Doctoral Thesis

1980

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department

Department of Chemistry

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Abstract

An ir investigation of a series of 2-aminomethylpyridine complexes of first transition metal(II) perchlorates, tetrafluoroborates, halides and thiocyanates is reported. Comparisons with the spectra of related complexes of 2,2'-bipyridine and ethylenediamine together with metal-ion substitution, deuteration and ¹⁵N isotopic labelling of the amino group in 2-aminomethylpyridine enable reliable band assignments to be made. The study shows that in complexes of the type M(amp)nX₂, metal-to-amino-nitrogen stretches occur at frequencies greater than 350 cm⁻¹ , while the metal-to-pyridine-nitrogen stretches are generally below 300 cm⁻¹, the assignment of the latter being generally complicated by the presence of metal-to-halogen vibrations. In addition to an x-ray crystallographic investigation of the complex [Ni(amp)₃](BF₃ ₄)₂, considerable structural information about these complexes is obtained from correlations between the number of M-L vibrations observed in the far ir and those predicted for localized molecular point symmetries on a group theoretical basis.

Keywords

Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

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