Cadmium complexes hydrazine

The features of the thermal analysis data show that metal acetate hydrazines decompose exothermically, in three steps, to their respective metal oxides. Manganese, cobalt, zinc, and cadmium complexes decompose through the formation of their corresponding metal acetates, while the nickel complex decomposes through a mixture of nickel metal and nickel acetate (Figure 3.5). The zinc complex however, loses both hydrazine molecules in a single step, while Mn, Co, and Cd complexes lose hydrazine in two steps. The metal oxide formation temperatures from the decomposition of metal acetate hydrazine complexes occur at 275-385 °C. These are lower than those reported for metal acetate hydrates, which occur at 350-400 °C. 

Narang, K. K. et al., Synth. React, lnorg. Met.-Org. Chem., 1996, 26(4), 573 The explosive properties of a series of 5 amminecobalt(III) azides were examined in detail. Compounds were hexaamminecobalt triazide, pentaammineazidocobalt diazide, cis- and fram-tetraamminediazidocobalt azide, triamminecobalt triazide [1], A variety of hydrazine complexed azides and chloroazides of divalent metals have been prepared. Those of iron, manganese and copper could not be isolated cobalt, nickel, cadmium and zinc gave products stable at room temperature but more or less explosive on heating [2],... 

Several octahedral dihydrazine metal (II) salts of this class were prepared and thermally decomposed. The succinates and malonates of nickel and cadmium decomposed explosively [1]. A later paper on mixed metal bis-hydrazine malonates of cobalt with magnesium, manganese, nickel, zinc or cadmium recommends that decomposition, in a pre-heated crucible at 500°C, be of small quantities only. The same workers have reported exothermic decomposition of similar hydrazine complexed salts of other small organic acids. 

In salts of [Zn(NCS)4], the thiocyanate ligand is N-bonded, whereas it is S-bonded to cadmium in [Cd(SCN)4] salts, reflecting the respective hard and soft characters of the respective metal ions. Zinc complexes with the azide ion are well known crystallographic determinations of the structures of the compounds M2Zn(N3)4 (M = K or Cs) show the presence of discrete [Zn(N3)4] tetrahedra with linear azide groups. Some of the complexes in this category, such as those with hydrazine and azide, for example [Zn(N2H4)2(N3)2], are of interest as primary explosives and care is needed in their manipulation. The 2,2 -dipyridylamine-azide complexes [Zn(dpa)(N3)2] and [Zn(dpa)(N3)(N03)], which have infinite 2D and 3D structures respectively, display fluorescence and phosphorescence. ... 

Singh, V.P., Singh, K.B., and Narang, K.K. (2009) Synthesis, electronic and IR spectral studies of some polymeric cobalt(II), nickel(II), zinc(II) and cadmium(II) azido complexes with hydrazine. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Fart A. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 46, 110-115. 

Hydrazinium zinc and cadmium sulfates can also be prepared by dehydrazination of the corresponding hydrazine complexes ... 

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