Alcohols as ligands. I. Crystalline hexa‐ethanol metal salts

Abstract

The syntheses of approximately twenty coordination complexes with the ligand ethanol are reported. A new synthetical method is used to obtain these crystalline hexa‐alcohol solvates. About ten perchlorates and fluoroborates of divalent metal ions are easily prepared by dissolving the corresponding hydrates in ethyl orthoformate. In the solid state, even the nitrates contain hexa‐ethanol coordinated metal ions. The electronic and vibrational spectra, a summary of the proton magnetic resonance spectra and some X‐ray powder patterns are given. The complexes of this very weak ligand are now easily obtainable and will be of great importance because ethanol may be replaced simply by many ligands.