A thermoanalytical study of different adrenaline coordination compounds wit
h some divalent transition-metal ions such as Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) is
reported. The solid precipitated compounds were characterized by elemental
analysis and by thermogravimetric analysis also coupled to FTIR spectroscop
y to analyze the evolved gases and make consistent the proposed decompositi
on steps.
Several complexes were obtained with the metal/ligand molar ratios of 1:2,
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