Crystal structures of t
hree Ni(CN)
42- salts all wit
h eclipsed ligands and varying axial stacking arrangements arepresented. T
he absorption spectra of all t
hree salts s
how a slig
ht red s
hift in t
he
x,
y-polarizations and a large reds
hift in t
heir
z-polarizations upon crystallization from solution. Semiempirical ZINDO calculations provide a goodmodel of t
he solid state, even wit
h only a t
hree-molecule segment, allowing reproduction of t
he red-s
hifting andintensity increase upon crystallization found experimentally. T
he modified nickel
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s,p bonding parameter of -5found appropriate for Ni coordination in our previous studies of single Ni(CN)
42- planes and a
helically stackedCs
2[Ni(CN)
4]·H
2O crystal was c
hanged to -3 for t
he more parallel-stacked Ni(CN)
42- planes in t
his case, w
hile
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dwas retained at -41. Crystal data are as follows: Na
2[Ni(CN)
4]·3H
2O, triclinic space group
P,
a = 7.2980(10) Å,
b = 8.8620(10) Å,
c = 15.132(2) Å,
hars/alp
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,
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,
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,
V = 971.8(2) Å
3,
T = 100K,
Z = 4,
R = 0.024,
Rw = 0.064; Sr[Ni(CN)
4]·5H
2O, monoclinic space group
C2/
m,
a = 10.356(2) Å,
b =15.272(3) Å,
c = 7.1331(10) Å,
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,
V = 1115.6(3) Å
3,
T = 100 K,
Z = 4,
R = 0.024,
Rw = 0.059;Rb
2[Ni(CN)
4]·1.05H
2O, triclinic space group
P,
a = 8.6020(10) Å,
b = 9.6930(10) Å,
c = 12.006(2) Å,
hars/alp
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,
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,
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,
V = 924.0(2) Å
3,
T = 100 K,
Z = 4,
R = 0.034,
Rw = 0.067.