Hydrazinium metal complexes synthesis

Kumar, N.R.S. (1990) Synthesis, spectra and structure of hydrazinium metal chloride and thiocyanate complexes. Ph.D Thesis, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. 

The synthesis of metal hydrazine complexes with thiocyanate or isothiocyanate as anions can be carried out by the following methods [8]. In the first case, stoichiometric quantities of metal(II) salts like chlorides or sulfates of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, and Cd in an alcohol-water mixture (1 1 by volume) are added to hydrazinium thiocyanate. The latter is metathet-ically formed by the reaction of NH4SCN -I- N2H4 H2O (1 1 mole ratio) (Chapter 2) ... 

The synthesis of metal sulfite hydrazine complexes involves two steps. Firstly, hydrazine hydrate (99-100%) is saturated with SO2 gas and the resulting product, hydrazinium sulfite monohydrate (N2H5)2S03-H20, is... 

The hydrazinium nickel hydrazine carboxylate complex, (N2H5)Ni (N2H3C00)3-H20, is also used as precursor for the synthesis of metallic Ni in the sonochemical preparation of Ni-Mo-S/Al203, since volatile Ni precursors such as Ni(CO)4 are exceptionally toxic and dangerous to use [24]. Similarly, copper hydrazine carboxylate is used to prepare nanoparticles of copper by the sonication method [25]. The presence of a zwitterionic surfactant in the synthesis procedure causes the formation of elongated nanoparticles of aspect ratio 10, which is of significance for electrical applications. In the absence of the zwitterionic surfactant only spherical particles result [26]. 

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