Complexes of cobalt(II) and
nickel(II) with the ligands 2- acetamidopyridine (acpy) and
2-aminomethyl-6-methylpyridine (mepic) have been prepared and studied. They
included [Co(acpy)2X2], [Co(mepic)2X2],
[Ni(acpy)2X2], and [Ni-(mepic)2X2],
in which X is Cl, Br, I, or NCS; [Co(acpy)2(NO3)2],
[Co(mepic)2(NO3)2], [Ni(acpy)2(NO3)2],
[Ni(mepic)3NO3]NO3, [Co(acpy)3](ClO4)2,
[Co(mepic)3](ClO4)2, [Co(mepic)3](CoCl4),
[Ni(acpy)2(H2O)2](ClO4)2,
and [Ni(mepic)2(H2O)2](ClO4)2.
The inner complex of 2-methylpyridine-6- carboxylic acid [Co(mepiac)2,2H2O)]
was also isolated. In all cases, the magnetic properties, conductances,
reflectance spectra, absorption spectra, and infrared spectra are in agreement
with the concept that they are spin-free, six-coordinate octahedral complexes.
The substance [Ni(mepic)2NO3]NO3 contains both
bidentate and ionic nitrate.