Solid phase
Official name
Nickel(cyclam), 2Cl
Secondary names
Nickel(cyclam), 2Cl; Ni(cyclam)Cl2; trans-[NiCl2(14aneN4)]; Nickel(2+);1,4,8,11-tetrazacyclotetradecane;dichlore; Nickel(2+);1,4,8,11-tetrazacyclotetradecane;dichlore
Type
Family
ionic solid
Class
normal salt
Compound type
organic salt
Chemical composition
Formula
$Ni^{2+}(NHCH_2CH_2NHCH_2CH_2CH_2)_2-cycl \cdot 2Cl^-$
Chemical formula
Ni(C10H20N4H4)Cl2
Elemental formula
(Ni2+) C10 H24 N4 (Cl-)2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
8.0
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Ni^{2+}$ Nickel cation element 1 0.25 1 constituent cation main
$(NHCH_2CH_2NHCH_2CH_2CH_2)_2-cycl$ Cyclam molecule 1 0.25 1 constituent molecular main
$Cl^-$ Chloride anion element 2 0.5 1 constituent anion main
Chemical functions
  Function Number
$R-NH-R$ 4
$R-CH_2-R$ 2
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$\cdot Ni^{2+} \cdot Cl^{-}$ 2
$\cdot\cdot-Ni^{2+}-N \leq$ 4
$\geq C-C \leq$ 6
$\geq C-H$ 20
$\geq C-N<$ 8
$>N-H$ 4
Class
normal salts (07)
Type
simple normal salts (07.01)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
monoclinic
Crystal class
prismatic
Crystal class symbol
2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup
P2(1)/c
Composition order
ordered
Comments
alternating two six- and two five-membered chelate rings are in the chair and gauche conformation, respectively. This ring conformation is the most strain free of the 5 isomers
Molar mass
329.93 $g/mol$
Density
1.495 $g/cm^3$
State NTP
solid
Refringence type
biaxial
Pure color
colorless
Color
white
Diaphaneity
transparent to translucent
Links