Complexes of some bivalent metal salts with benzo(f)quinoline

Abstract

Coordination compounds have been prepared from benzo(f)quinoline (BNQ) and some bivalent metal salts,viz., Cu(BNQ)Cl2, Cu(BNQ)2Br2, Cu(BNQ)SO4 · H2O, Co(BNQ)2(NCS)2, Ni(BNQ)2(SCN)2, Cu(BNQ)(SCN)2, Zn(BNQ)2(NCS)2, Cd(BNQ)2(SCN)2 and Hg(BNQ)(SCN)2. The products have been characterized by magnetic susceptibility, electronic and i.r. spectral measurements down to 200 cm−1. Tentative stereochemistries for the complexes isolated in the solid state are discussed.