The application of Raman spectroscopy in the determination of structures of some complex compounds

Abstract

Results are discussed which have been obtained in the last few years by the application of Raman spectroscopy to the unravelling of structures of complex compounds, e.g. addition compounds of aluminium chloride with nitrosyl chloride, selenium tetrachloride, and tellurium tetrachloride.

Vibrational Spectra of Molten Salts

“…It seems relatively certain, therefore, that _both melts were predominantly ionic in nature, with the anionic species being the tetrahedral tetrachlor-aluminate ion. This species was also formed in a variety of other media (22).…”