NEW MX<sub>2</sub> OXALATO POLYNUCLEAR ADDUCTS (M = Cd, Hg, Zn; X = Cl, Br): SYNTHESIS AND INFRARED STUDY

HAYAT QAMAR-KANE, ALIOUNE FALL, LIBASSE DIOP(*)

Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale et Analytique (LACHIMIA),Dakar, Sénégal
*Corresponding author: dlibasse@gmail.com

Abstract

Nine mono-, di- and trinuclear MX2 oxalato adducts have been synthesized, their infrared study carried out. The suggested structures are ionic, the oxalate anion behaving as a chelating ligand. Cage structures, when non symmetrical cations are involved,have been suggested.

Keywords

cage ionic structures polychelating oxalate