“…All of the evidence so far derives from infrared studies which yield absorption bands for certain zirconium and hafnium compounds in the region expected for metal-oxygen multiple bonds. For example, for eacli of the thiocyanato complexes ZrO(NCS)2 • MNCS • 2I120 (M = pyH, Cs, K, NH4, and Rb), there appears a rather narrow, medium strength absorption bond in the range 913-927 cm-1, which is purported (27) to be due to the Zr-0 multiple bond. In the compounds KZr0F3-2H20, ZrOF2, Zr^FioOs, ZrF4-H»0, bands recorded at 833, 864, 877, and 956 cm-1, respectively, are assigned (16) to the zirconyl frequencies, while in the compounds Hf4F]202, HfOF2, Hf4Fi40, HfF4-II20, the bands recorded at 889, 894, 896, and 970 cm"1, respectively, are assigned (16) to the hafnyl frequencies.…”