A study of the nitrosyl halides of copper (I) and (II)

Abstract

Complex compounds of copper containing the liquid NO are known to bo produced in only two types of reaction, namely (a) treatment of copper metal or cuprous choride with nitrosyl chloride and (b) treatment of cupric bromide, chloride and sulphate, dissolved in a restricted range of solvents with nitric oxide gas. The similarity between the violet solutions formed from the cuprous complex and the violet cupric solutions has lead to the general belief that they are identical. This thesis describes experiments designed to extend reaction (a) to a wider range of both cuprous and nitrosyl compounds, to elucidate the role of solvent in reaction (b) and to establish a relationship between the violet cuprous and cupric solutions.