Preparation, structural characterisation and thermal analysis studies of complexes of cobalt, nickel and copper with nonylamine

Abstract

Compounds of nonylamine with the chlorides of cobalt, nickel and copper and with the thiocyanate of cobalt, have been prepared in ethanolic solution. The compounds, which have been characterised by analyses, magnetic moments, vibrational and electronic spectra, show that for the cobalt compounds the cobalt ions are in a tetrahedral environment, whereas for the nickel and copper compounds the metal ions are in an octahedral environment. The thermal behaviour of these compounds has been studied by thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis. The chloro compounds form intermediate compounds during the decomposition process.