The thermal decomposition of (XMebpyH)3(H3O)[W(CN)8]·3H2O (where XMebpy denotes 4Mebpy 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine or 5Mebpy 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine) in glycerol results in the coordination of XMebpy. Salts of the anion formula [W(CN)6(XMebpy)]2- were isolated for PPh4+ and/or AsPh4+ cations as well as for K+, Rb+, and Cs+ ones. X-ray single-crystal analyses for tetraphenyl-phosphonium and tetraphenyl-arsonium cations are described. IR, UV-Vis, and cyclic voltammetry data are presented. The results were compared with those for [W(CN)6(bpy)]2- (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) ion salts.
Keywords: UV-Vis spectroscopy; bipyridine; crystal structure; cyanido ligands; tungsten.