The preparation and analysis of some metal-pyridine complexes. A general chemistry experiment

Abstract

A general chemistry experiment in which students synthesize and then characterize some metal-pyridine complexes.

Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis of Linkage Isomerism in Metal−Thiocyanate Complexes

“…Only a few examples of FT-IR analysis of inorganic compounds exist in the literature, with the experiments consisting of preparing and characterizing a single compound − . We developed a laboratory experiment based on literature articles about metal−thiocyanate (SCN − ) complexes − . In this experiment, the students, as a group, synthesize as many as 10 transition metal−thiocyanate compounds during one 4-h lab period.…”