Alcoholate Complexes of Nickel(II) Chloride

Abstract
Alcoholate complexes of nickel chloride with the general formula, NiCL2 · ROH (R = CH3, C2H5, i‐C3H7, n‐C4H9, t‐C4H9, t‐C5H11, n‐C6H13 and n‐C8H17), synthesized either by the reaction of anhydrous nickel chloride with alcohols or by the replacement of methanol from NiCL2 · MeOH with higher alcohols, depict interesting differences when R is a secondary or tertiary alkyl group instead of a primary group. A study of the magnetic susceptibility, thermogravimetric measurement, electron spin resonance and electronic reflectance spectra has been carried out to throw light on the structure of these derivatives.
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