Study on the structure of phenylacetate complexes of Zn(II) and Ni(II)

Abstract

Phenylacetates of M(PAA)₂ (M=Zn; Ni; PAA^-: phenylacetate) were synthesized and characterized  by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and electronic absorption spectroscopy. The results obtained from ¹H-NMR,            ¹³C-NMR and UV-vis showed that in the complexes Zn(II)  and Ni(II) adopt square-planar and tetrahedral geometries, respectively.