PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND THERMAL REACTIVITY OF N,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE COMPLEXES OF SOME TRANSITION-METAL CHLORIDES

The coordination adducts of MnCl2, FeCl3, CoCl2, NiCl2 and CuCl2 with DMF were isolated and characterized by elemental analysis, magnetic mo ments, UV-VIS spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy and thermal analysis techn iques. The shift of the CO stretching vibration to low frequency indic ated that DMF is bonded through oxygen to the metals. On the basis of spectral and elemental analysis data, the complexes have dimeric and t rimeric structures achieved by the chlorine bridges. The complexes do not have melting points and undergo decomposition after dehydration. T he decomposition of DMF in the complexes occurs in several stages and the last stages of decomposition always corresponds to decomposition o r sublimation of the respective metal chlorides to produce the respect ive metal. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.