Synthesis and Characterization of Two Polymorphic Crystalline Phases and an Amorphous Powder of Nickel(II) Bisimidazolate
- 28 August 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Inorganic Chemistry
- Vol. 42 (19), 6147-6152
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ic034619o
Abstract
Nickel(II) bisimidazolate is polymorphic. Depending on the synthetic strategy adopted, two crystalline phases (α- and β-Ni(im)2) or an amorphous material of the same composition can be prepared. The thermodynamically stable α-Ni(im)2 phase, which can be prepared in water at elevated temperatures, contains a two-dimensional polymer (of nearly square meshes) with square-planar NiN4 chromophores and exo-bidentate imidazolate ligands bridging nickel atoms that are ca. 5.73 Å apart. The β-Ni(im)2 phase can be kinetically stabilized at lower temperatures, but the structural complexity and the lack of single crystals prevented its full structural characterization, even in the presence of an indexed powder diffraction pattern. The spectroscopic features of these crystalline phases are compared with those of the amorphous material.Keywords
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