The composition and configuration of imidazoles-nickel(II) acetate com
plexes and insoluble matters obtained from these complexes were determ
ined by the elemental analyses, the spectral and magnetic analyses, an
d the thermal properties were also investigated. The complexes of [NiA
(2)(HL)(2)] (HL : HIm, 2-CH3 . HIm, 2-C2H5 . HIm, 2-(CH3)(2)CH . HIm,
4-CH3 . HIm, A : CH3COO-) type, and [NiA(2)(HL)(4)] and [Ni(HL)(6)]A(2
)(HL : HIm, 4-CH3 . HIm, A : CH3COO-) types indicated the octahedral c
onfiguration in the solid state and in the alcoholic solution. The yel
lowish insoluble matters which are represented with the composition of
[NiL(2)] (L : im(-), 2-CH3 . im(-), 4-CH3 . im(-)) were obtained by r
efluxing the ethanolic or 1-propanolic solution of the others except f
or the complexes consisting of 2-C2H5 . HIm and 2-(CH3)(2)CH . HIm, bu
t did not produce from the methanolic solution. These insoluble matter
s were the polynuclear complexes to contain a chain structure consisti
ng of the square planar nickel(II) unit. The formation process of such
polynuclear complexes was also discussed.