a-Naphthylamine dithiocarbamate and its complexes with
Co(II), Ni(U), Cu(II), Ru(III) , Rh(III), Pd(II), Pt(IV), Zn(II), Cd(II)
and Hg(II) have been prepared and characterized by chemical
analysis, IR - and reflectance spectral studies and magnetic
susceptibili ty measurements. In all these complexes the dithiocarbamato
moiety acts as a chelate. The Ni(II), Cu(II) and Pd(Il)
complexes have been found to be square planar while those of
Ru(III), Rh(III) and Pt(IV) were proposed to be octahedral in
nature. The Co(II) ion seems to have a tetrahedral geometry, unlike
the other known square planar dithiocarbamato complexes of
Co(II). No definite structure, however, could be proposed for Zn(II),
Cd(II) and Hg(II) on the basis of limited studies