Volume : 5, Issue : 12, December - 2016

Synthesis and Characterization of bis 3-phenyldithiocarbazato Cadmium(II): a new single-source precursor for preparation of CdS nanocompounds

Susanta Kumar Giri, Nilkamal Maiti

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Metal complex of the type ML₂ [M = Cd; L = </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">3-phenyldithiocarbazate</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">] have been successfully synthesized through reaction between potassium </span><i style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;&#10;mso-hansi-font-family:Calii">3</span></i><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">-phenyldithiocarbazate</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> with cadmium nitrate in 2:1 ratio and characterized by UV-vis and FT-IR spectroscopy. The complex is formulated as four coordinate species with the dithiocarbazate acting as bidentate chelating ligand. The complex is thermolysed at 100 </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Symbol;">&deg;</span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">C in ethylene glycol and used as single-source precursors for the synthesis of CdS nanocompounds without using any surfactant </span><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">and or additives at mild reaction condition.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>