Nickel complexes, mass spectra

The macrocyclic product [Ni(L54)]I is isolated through refluxing an aqueous solution of L52 and nickel(II) acetate with the subsequent addition of an aqueous solution of Nal (Eq. 2,15) [23], The diamagnetism and electronic absorption spectrum of [Ni(L54)]+ indicate that it has a square-planar structure. The peak with the maximal m/z in the mass spectrum of the iodide corresponds to the [Ni(L54)]+ cation. It should be noted that, in the mass spectra of a number of other macro-cyclic coordination compounds of the [ML]X type, the most intense peak in the high-mass number range is [ML]+ as, for example, in case of the nickel( II) complex with the 13-membered macrocycle derived from 3,7-diaza-l,9-diaminononane [24]. 

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