Some studies in inorganic complexes. II. Bismuth(III)

Abstract

Complexes of bismuth halides and the ligand o-phenylenebisdimethylarsine have been prepared and studied. Conductivity and molecular weight determinations show that they are 5-covalent monomers of the type BiX₃.diarsine in which X is halogen. A study was also made of the &covalent complex Bi diarsine₃(ClO₄)₃. No coordination complex of phenanthroline was obtained, but some phenanthrolinium and dipyridylium salts of the type [phenan H.H₂O]+[BiX₄]^- and [dipy H.H₂O]+[BiCl₄]^- were investigated.