Near infrared spectra of some cobalt(II) compounds

Abstract

Absorption spectra of compounds CoX₂B₂ and CoX₂B₄ (X = Cl, Br, I, or NCS; B = a heterocyclic base) have been obtained by reflectance and in solution in the near infrared region between 1000 and 2000 mμ. The spectra are characteristic of the stereochemistry of the metal atom: octahedral compounds have a single absorption band near 1100 mμ, e < 10; tetrahedral compounds have three overlapping absorption bands near 1100,1400, and 1700 mp, 30 < < 150. Comparisons are made with previously observed spectra of octahedral and tetrahedral species of the types CoL²⁺₆ and CoX^2-₄.