Treatment of an aqueous solution of NiCl 2 with H 2 NCHPhCHPhNH 2 gives a blue complex

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Treatment of an aqueous solution of NiCl2 with H2NCHPhCHPhNH2 gives a blue complex (μeff = 3:30 μB) which loses H2O on heating to form a yellow, diamagnetic compound. Suggest explanations for these observations and comment on possible isomerism in the yellow species.

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Inorganic Chemistry

ISBN: 9781292134147

5th Edition

Authors: Catherine Housecroft

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