
%0 Journal Article
%A Harris, CM 
%A Lenzer, SL 
%A Martin, RL 
%T The occurrence of paramagnetic and diamagnetic isomers of Bis(N-methylsalicylaldimine)nickel(II)
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1958/09/01
%V 11
%N 3
%P 331-335
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9580331
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9580331 
%X The isolation of a stable well-defined paramagnetic isomer of bis(N-methylsalicyl-aldimine)nickel(II) is reported. This buff coloured compound has a magnetic moment at room temperature of 3.2 B.M., corresponding to the presence of two unpaired spins/Ni atom, and is insoluble in a large variety of solvents in marked contrast to the soluble green diamagnetic isomer. The magnetic moment is nearly independent of temperature in the range 115-350 °K, and probably has its origin in a polymeric, and hence insoluble, octahedral structure involving 4s4p34d2 nickel-bonding orbitals. 
