Acetone picolinoyl hydrazone (APH) complexes of the types M(APH)Cl2nEtOH and M(APH-H)22EtOH (where M = manganese(II), iron(II), cobalt(II), nickel(II), or copper(II); n = 0 or 2) have been prepared and their nature and structures studied by molar conductance, molecular weight determination, thermal degradation, magnetic susceptibility, electronic and i.r. spectral measurements. Spin-free octahedral geometry has been proposed for all the complexes except Mn(APH)Cl2 and Co(APH)Cl2 for which tetrahedral geometry has been suggested.
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