Y. Ozawa et K. Toriumi, ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF A NOVEL ONE-DIMENSIONAL HALOGEN-BRIDGED NICKEL(III) COMPLEX, Chemistry Letters, (4), 1995, pp. 257-258
A novel halogen-bridged one-dimensional Ni-III-X-Ni-III compound, {[Ni
-III(en)(2)Cl]Cl-2}infinity) (en = C2H8N2) has been synthesized by ele
ctrochemical oxidation. Single crystal X-ray crystallography revealed
that a bridging halogen ion is located on the midpoint between two Ni(
III) atoms with Ni-Cl 2.438 (1) Angstrom. This is the first example fo
r electrocrystallization of halogen-bridged 1-D metal complexes.