Tetraiodonickelate

Tetraiodonickelate(II) is a complex ion of nickel with four iodide ions [NiI4]2− arranged in a tetrahedron.[1] [NiI4]2− is red in solution. This colour is due to absorption around 530 nm and below 450 nm. Maximum light transmission is around 620 nm, which is red. A broad weak absorption in the near infrared is at 740 nm.[1] The magnetic moment is anomalously low.[2]

A mixture of lithium iodide and nickel iodide in water or methanol can partition [NiI4]2− ions into a cyclohexane-amine mixture. The solution formed is blood red.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Gill was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Hollebone, B. R. (1971). "Pseudo-halide complexes of transition metals. Part II. Spectra, structure, and nature of bonding". Journal of the Chemical Society A: Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical: 484. doi:10.1039/J19710000481.
  3. ^ Florence, T. M.; Farrar, Yvonne J. (July 1968). "Liquid-liquid extraction of nickel with long-chain amines from aqueous and nonaqueous halide media". Analytical Chemistry. 40 (8): 1200–1206. doi:10.1021/ac60264a010.