VIBRATIONAL STUDIES OF BISMUTH HALOGEN COMPLEXES

Abstract

Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Texas A \& M UniversityThe low-frequency ($0-200 cm^{-1}$) infrared and Raman spectra of several bismuth halogen complexes have been recorded and analyzed. The complexes studied included those with formulas $R_{3}BiX_{6}$, $R_{2}BiX_{5}$, $RBiX_{4}$, and $R_{3}Bi_{2}X_{9}$ where $X=Br$ or $I$ and $R$ is an organic cation. The stretching and bending modes of these complexes have been assigned and spectra have been correlated to the molecular structures