Abstract The thiocyanates of the transition metals iron, cobalt, copper as well as of rhenium and of tech-netium appear in solution as strongly coloured complexes. The resonance raman bands in the sol-vent acetonitrile are investigated. To achieve an unambiguous identification the infrared spectra were recorded too. The change in position and structure of the acetonitrile bands indicates strong complexation of iron, cobalt and copper with acetonitrile, thus indicating the existence of mixed acetonitrile-thiocyanate complexes. The resonance raman spectra of the rhenium-and technetium-thiocyanates present as tetramethyl ammonium salts show however no raman-and infrared-bands of complexed acetonitrile molecules.In the raman spectrum of the thiocyanates of iron, cobalt and copper mainly the totally sym-metric C≡N, S-C, Me-S and Me-N valence vibrations are observed, among which the S-C vibration shows a remarkably high intensity. Besides, a series of bands is obtained which is inter-preted partly as caused by decay products, and partly as bands of complexed acetonitrile. The thiocyanates of rhenium and of technetium show the three possible valence vibrations only. The high frequency of the S-C valence indicates the N-coordination of the thiocyanate group.
Resonanz-Raman-Effekt von Thiocyanatkomplexen einiger Übergangsmetalle