Nickel_bis(dimethylglyoximate)

Nickel bis(dimethylglyoximate)

Nickel bis(dimethylglyoximate)

Chemical compound

Nickel bis(dimethylglyoximate) is the coordination complex with the formula Ni[ONC(CH3)C(CH3)NOH]2. The compound is a bright red solid. It achieved prominence for its use in the qualitative analysis of nickel.[1]

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Structure

The geometry of the nickel(II) ion is square planar.[2] It is surrounded by two equivalents of the conjugate base (dmgH−) of dimethylglyoxime (dmgH2). The pair of organic ligands are joined through hydrogen bonds to give a macrocyclic ligand. The complex is distinctively colored and insoluble leading to its use as a chelating agent in the gravimetric analysis of nickel.

The use of dimethylglyoxime as a reagent to detect nickel was reported by L. A. Chugaev in 1905.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  2. [2]
    Donald E. Williams; Gabriele Wohlauer; R. E. Rundle (1959). "Crystal Structures of Nickel and Palladium Dimethylglyoximes". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 81 (3): 755–756. doi:10.1021/ja01512a066.
  3. [3]
    Tschugaeff, Lev (1905). "Über ein neues, empfindliches Reagens auf Nickel" [About a new, sensitive reagent on nickel]. Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft (in German). 38 (3): 2520–2522. doi:10.1002/cber.19050380317.
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