Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Properties of Ni(NCS)2 -4-methoxypyridine Coordination Compounds

Synthesis, characterization and thermal behaviour of solid phases in the quasi-ternary system Mg(SCN)2-H2O-THF

Mg(SCN)2·4H2O can be converted into previously unknown compounds Mg(SCN)2·(4 - x) H2O·xTHF with x = 0, 2 and 4 by multiple recrystallization in tetrahydrofuran (THF). The phases were characterized by infrared spectroscopy (IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and their crystal structures were solved from X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) data. In the crystal structures isolated Mg(NCS)2(H2O)4-x(THF)x units form layered motifs. The thermal behavior of Mg(SCN)2·4H2O and Mg(SCN)2·4THF was investigated by temperature dependent in situ XRPD, where Mg(SCN)2·4THF was found to acquire a room temperature (α-form) and high temperature modification (β-form). The phase transformation is associated with an order-disorder transition of the THF molecules and with a reversion of the stacking order of the layered motifs. Further heating eventually leads to the formation of Mg(SCN)2·2THF. There thiocyanate related sulfur atoms fill the voids in the coordination sphere of magnesium, which leads to the formation of one dimensional electroneutral ∞[Mg(NCS)2/2(SCN)2/2(THF)2] chains. All investigated Mg(SCN)2·(4 - x) H2O·xTHF phases exhibit a remarkable anisotropic thermal expansion, and Mg(SCN)2·4H2O and Mg(SCN)2·2THF were found to show both positive and negative thermal expansion coefficients.

New isomeric Ni(NCS)2 coordination compounds: crystal structures, magnetic properties as well as ex situ and in situ investigations on their synthesis and transition behaviour

Some stable and metastable isomeric Ni(NCS)₂ chain compounds were synthesized and structurally characterized and investigated for their transformation behavior and their magnetic properties using a variety of methods.