Laboratory Report

Full Laboratory Report

SIC2017 Practical of Inorganic Chemistry II

Name: Mythily Gopiraj

Matric number: U2103305/1
Name of Partner: Sharvani Karthigesu
Experiment: 1
Title: Synthesis and Nitration of Tris(acetylacetonato) cobalt(III) complex
Date: 15/3/2023
Title:
Synthesis and Nitration of Tris(acetylacetonato) cobalt(III) complex by recrystallization and
IR and NMR analysis of the complexes.

Objectives
I. To determine the structure of ��(����)3 using infrared (IR) spectroscopy and
functional group through NMR spectrum.
II. To determine the differences between ��(����)3 and nitrated ��(����)3 using IR and
NMR spectroscopy.

Introduction
The main purpose of the experiment is to analyse the products of the reaction using
spectroscopy and therefore determine where nitration has occurred. For infrared, Hooke’s
Law and the group vibration concept are discussed while NMR spectroscopy is primarily
used to determine a molecule's chemical structure. This experiment was chosen to illustrate
the use of spectroscopy is the synthesis, characterization, and nitration of
tris(acetylacetonato) cobalt (III), ��(����)3 .This compound is easy to prepare, easy to nitrate,
and has readily apparent spectral differences between ��(����)3 and its nitrated cogener.
(Shalhoub)

The ligands that will be used in these preparations are the anions of 2,4-pentanedione
(known more informally as acetylacetone) (College, 2011).Acetylacetone (Figure 1) is a
ligand which can form complexes with most metal ions. This ligand can form a stable
delocalized ring as shown in (Figure 2).The acac anion can act as a ligand towards metal
ions, typically forming a bidentate complex where the metal is bound to the two oxygen
atoms, thus forming a 6-membered ring. Metal acac compounds are typically isolated as
crystalline solids that are neutral, hence an �� + metal forms a complex with n acac ligands

Acetylacetone (2,4-pentanedione) is an organic compound, a β-diketone, that exists as an

equilibrium mixture of tautomeric keto and enol forms. In basic solution, it is deprotonated to
form the acetylacetonate anion (acac) (Figure 3).
 Figure 3: Keto-enol equilibrium of acetylacetone and formation of acetylacetonate anion.

2,4-Pentanedione is the most common representative of a large group of ligands that form
especially stable and useful chelate complexes with a large variety of metals. The Z isomer
of the enolate has a highly favourable geometry for complexation. The system of the enolate
holds the ligating oxygens in a favourable position for coordination, and the resulting metal-
enolate complex is a six-membered ring that has little strain energy. (Adolphus, 2011)The
structure of tris (2,4- pentanedionato) cobalt(III) is shown below:-

Figure 4:Tris(2,4- pentanedionato)cobalt(III)

Tris(acetylacetonato) cobalt(III) is one of metal-substituted organic coordination complexes

with the formula ��(�5 �7 �2) )3 , it is a green, diamagnetic solid that is soluble in organic solvents,
but not in water. The metal ion entered in each of the complex molecules plays a role of
attracting centre through strong metal–ligand covalent bonds and enhances the molecular
stability. In each molecule, ��3+ ion is bonded to three acetylacetonate
anions(��3 ��������3 )− .The first part of this experiment involves the synthesis of
tris(acetylacetonato) cobalt(III) complex, Co(acac).The second part involves modification of
the chemical properties of ligands when coordinated to metallic ions.
Experimental Procedure

(A) Preparation of ��(����)3

A mixture of 1.25 g cobalt (II) carbonate and 10 mL acetylacetone are heated in a 125mL
conical flask to 90ºC. 15 mL 0f 10% hydrogen peroxide was added drop wise (about 15
minutes) while the mixture stirred vigorously by using a magnetic stirrer. The formation of
excessive bubbles is avoided. The mixture was cooled in an ice-salt bath when all the
hydrogen peroxide had been added, green crystal formed is filtered and dried in the oven at
110ºC. The crystal is then purified by adding toluene and the mixture is heated until it boiled
in a fume cupboard. The hot solution was filtered and while it is hot, about 75 mL heptane
was added into the hot solution. The solution was cooled in an ice-salt bath, the solid was
filtered by suction and left it to dry at room temperature. The yield was recorded.

(B) Nitration of ��(����)3

1.08 g copper(II) nitrate trihydrate and 0.5 g ��(����)3 ) was weighed and placed them in a
dry beaker. 20 mL acetic anhydride was added to the mixture in the beaker, covered with a
watch glass and was stirred vigorously at room temperature. After stirring for 30 minutes, the
mixture was carefully poured into an iced sodium acetate solution that was prepared by
mixing 7.5 g sodium acetate, 60 mL water and 60 g ice. Greenish oil will be separated from
the solution. The green oil was solidified by adding ethanol until the solution becomes cloudy.
The precipitate was filtered under suction and washed with water (5 mL) and finally with
ethanol. Recrystallize the crude product from chloroform-ethanol mixture. Yield was
recorded.IR spectrum for ��(����)3 and the nitrated product was also recorded and describe
their differences.

Results and calculation

 Part A: Theoretical yield for synthesis of ��(����)�
Mass of ����3 used = 1.25g

Volume of acetylacetone used = 10 ml

Volume of hydrogen peroxide, �2 �2 =15 ml

Table 1 shows the mass of ��(����)3 obtained

Substance Mass /g
Mass of plastic bag + ��(����)3 /g 0.94
Mass of plastic bag /g 3.15
Mass of ��(����)3 obtained /g 2.21
The chemical equation between ����3 with acetylacetone and hydrogen peroxide is shown
below:-

1
����3 + 3 Hacac + �2 �2 → ��(����)3 + 2��2 + 2�2 �
2
Calculation finding mass of acetylacetone and hydrogen peroxide using m=ρ × V since mass
is not given unlike ����3

1) Mass of acetylacetone: ρ × V 2) Mass of hydrogen peroxide: ρ × V

ρ =0.98 g/ml ρ =1.45 g/ml
V=10 ml V=15 ml
Mass of acetylacetone =0.98 g/ml ×10 ml Mass of �2 �2 =1.45 g/ml ×15ml

= 9.80 g = 21.75 g

Calculation finding no of moles of ����3 ,acetylacetone and hydrogen peroxide and then
compare with no of moles of ��(����)3 produced to determine the limiting reagent.

Mass of ����3
1) Number of moles of ����3 =
Molecular weight of ����3
1.25 g
=
118.942 g/mol

= 0.0105 mol

From the equation above:

1 mol of ����3 produce 1 mol of ��(����)3

0.0105 mol of ����3 produce with 0.0105 mol of ��(����)3

Mass of acetylacetone
2) Number of moles of �5 �8 �2 = Molecular weight of acetylacetone

9.80 g
= 100.130 g/mol

= 0.0979 mol

From the equation above:

3 mol of ����� produce 1 mol of ��(����)3

0.0979 mol of ����� produce with 0.0326 mol of ��(����)3
 Mass of acetylacetone
3) Number of moles of �2 �2 = Molecular weight of acetylacetone

21.75g
= 34.015 g/mol

= 0.6394 mol

From the equation above:

1/2 mol of �2 �2 produce 1 mol of ��(����)3

0.6394 mol of �2 �2 produce with 1.2788 mol of ��(����)3

Reactants No of moles of ��(����)� produced

����3 0.0105
����� 0.0326
�2 �2 1.2788

Table 2 shows the no of moles of ��(����)3 produced

 Since ����3 produce least number of moles of ��(����)� which is 0.0105 mol.
Therefore, ����� is limiting reagent.

Calculation to find the mass of ��(����)3 produced by comparing the no of moles of ����3
(limiting reagent) using the equation.

The chemical equation between ����3 with acetylacetone and hydrogen peroxide is shown
below:

1
����3 + 3 Hacac + �2 �2 → ��(����)3 + 2��2 + 2�2 �
2
From the equation:

1 mol of ����3 produce 1 mol of ��(����)3

0.01051 mol of ����3 produce with 0.01051 mol of ��(����)3

Mass of ��(����)3 produced = Number of moles of ��(����)3 × Molecular weight of

��(����)3
= 0.0105 × 359.2807 g/mol
= 3.78 g
Theoretical yield of ��(����)3 (synthesis) = 3.78 g

������ �����
Percentage yield of ��(����)� = × 100%
�ℎ��������� �����

2.21 �
= 3.78 � × 100%

= 58.47%

 Therefore, the percentage yield of ��(����)3 is 58.47% for Part A.

 Part B: Theoretical yield for synthesis of Co(���� − ��� )�

Mass of Co(acac)3 used = 0.5g

Mass of Cu(NO3 )2 .3H2 O used = 1.08g
Volume of C4 H6 O3 used = 20 ml
Table 3 shows the mass of Co(���� − ��2)3 synthesised

Substance Mass/g
Mass of plastic bag + Co(���� − ��2 )3 1.06
Mass of plastic bag 0.92
Mass of Co(���� − ��2 )3 obtained 0.14

The chemical equation between ��(����)3 with ��(��3 )2 .3�2 � and �4 �6 �3 is shown
below:-

3 ��(��3 )2 .3�2 � + 6�4 �6 �3 + 2��(����)3 → 3��(�2 �3 �2 )3 .3�2 � +6�2 �3 �2 +

2Co(���� − ��2 )3

Calculation finding mass of acetic anhydride, �4 �6 �3 using m=ρ × V since mass is not given
unlike ��(��3 )2 .3�2 � and 2��(����)3

1) Mass of acetic anhydride, �4 �6 �3 : ρ × V

ρ =1.08 g/ml
V= 20ml
Mass of acetic anhydride, �4 �6 �3 =1.08 g/ml ×20 ml

= 21.6 g
Calculation finding no of moles of ��(��3 )2 .3�2 � ,�4 �6 �3 and ��(����)3 and then
compare with no of moles of Co(���� − ��2 )3 produced to determine the limiting reagent.

Mass of ��(��3)2.3�2 �
1) Number of moles of ��(��3 )2 .3�2 � =
Molecular weight of ��(��3)2.3�2�
1.08 g
=
241.60 g/mol

= 0.0045 mol

From the equation above:

3 mol of ��(��3 )2 .3�2 � produce 2 mol of Co(���� − ��2 )3

0.0045 mol of ��(��3 )2 .3�2 � produce with 0.0030 mol of Co(���� − ��2 )3

Mass of � � �
2) Number of moles of �4 �6 �3 = Molecular weight
4 6 3
of �4�6�3

21.6 g
= 102.09 g/mol

= 0.2158 mol

From the equation above:

6 mol of �4 �6 �3 produce 2 mol of Co(���� − ��2 )3

0.2158 mol of �4 �6 �3 produce with 0.0719 mol of Co(���� − ��2 )3

Mass of ��(����)3
3) Number of moles of ��(����)3 = Molecular weight of ��(����)3

0.5 g
= 359.384 g/mol

= 0.0014 mol

From the equation above:

2 mol of ��(����)3 produce 2 mol of Co(���� − ��2 )3

0.0014 mol of ��(����)3 produce with 0.0014 mol of Co(���� − ��2 )3

Table 4 shows the no of moles of Co(���� − ��2 )3 produced

Reactants No of moles of Co(���� − ��� )� produced

��(��3 )2 .3�2 � 0.0030
�4 �6 �3 0.2158
��(����)3 0.0014
  Since ��(����)3 produce least number of moles of Co(���� − ��2 )3 which is 0.0014
mol. Therefore, ��(����)� is limiting reagent

Calculation to find the mass of Co(���� − ��2 )3 produced by comparing the no of moles of
��(����)3 (limiting reagent) using the equation.

The chemical equation between ��(����)3 with ��(��3 )2 .3�2 � and �4 �6 �3 is shown
below:-

3 ��(��3 )2 .3�2 � + 6�4 �6 �3 + 2��(����)3 →3��(�2 �3 �2 )3 .3�2 � +6�2 �3 �2 +

2Co(���� − ��2 )3

From the equation:

2 mol of ��(����)3 produce 2 mol of Co(���� − ��2 )3

0.0014 mol of ��(����)3 produce with 0.0014 mol of Co(���� − ��2 )3

Mass of Co(���� − ��2 )3 produced = Number of moles of Co(���� − ��2 )3 × Molecular

weight of Co(���� − ��2 )3

= 0.0014 × 497.2972g/mol

= 0.6932g

Theoretical yield of Co(���� − ��2 )3 (synthesis) = 0.70g

������ �����
Percentage yield of Co(���� − ��2 )3 = �ℎ��������� ����� × 100%

0.14 �
= 0.70� × 100%

= 20.00%

 Therefore, the percentage yield of Co(���� − ��2 )3 is 20.00% for Part B.

IR Spectrum

(Attached at Appendix)

Table 5 shows the functional group present at respected frequency for both ��(����)3
and Co(���� − ��2 )3

��(����)� ��(���� − ��� )�

Frequency,1/  Functional Group Frequency,1/  Functional Group

(cm-1) (cm-1)

2921.37 ��3 C-H stretching 2936.81 ��3 C-H stretching

1565.11 C=O stretching 1557.17 C=O stretching

1512.97 C=O stretching 1513.71 C=O stretching

1359.54 C=C stretching 1466.22 C=C stretching

1277.00 C-O stretching 1366.22 C= stretching

1191.98 C-O stretching 1334.37 C-H stretching

1014.51 C-O stretching 1114.67 C-O stretching

935.10 C-H bending 1005.36 C-O stretching

766.10 C-H bending 931.87 C-H bending

692.65 C-H bending 822.66 N-O bending

672.94 C-H bending 749.29 C-H bending

632.91 C-H bending 702.58 C-H bending

- - 678.35 C-H bending

- - 643.97 C-H bending

NMR Spectrum
(Attached at Appendix)

Part A :Tris(acetylacetonatto) cobalt(III))

Table 6 shows the functional group present at respected frequency for both
tris (acetylacetonatto) cobalt(III),��(����)3

Chemical shift Multiplicity No of protons Interpretation

δ(ppm)
2.189 Singlet 6.06
= 6.06
1
6.06×3 ≈18 protons

5.530 Singlet 1
= 1
1
1×3 ≈3 protons

7.270 Singlet - Extremely small peak.It is

Deuterated chloroform
solvent.

Part B : Nitrated Tris(acetylacetonatto) cobalt(III)

(Attached at Appendix)

Table 7 shows the functional group present at respected frequency for both
Co(���� − ��2 )3

Chemical shift Multiplicity No of protons Interpretation

δ(ppm)
2.533 Singlet 1
= 1
1
1×18 ≈18 protons

7.266 Singlet - Extremely small peak.It is

Deuterated chloroform solvent.
 Table 8: The table shows the analysis of NMR spectrum of acetylacetone in CD��� .

Chemical shift/ppm Multiplicity Interpretation

2.044 Singlet

2.236 Singlet

3.613 Singlet

5.524 Singlet
Discussion

Part A Synthesis of ��(����)�

Cobalt is a transition metal and has two stable oxidation state, ��2+ and ��3+ that can form
an octahedral complex with the following ligands:

Preparation of Co(acac)3 , begins with cobalt (II) carbonate and of 2,4-pentanedione, which
serves as the reaction solvent as well as for generation of the enolate. After addition, the
solution turns to dark purple. The mixture was heated to 90℃ which assists the removal of
proton from the acetylacetone and shifts the equation in favour of the complex. As the
temperature increased, the effervescence occurred. It is because an increase in temperature
can speed up the decomposition reaction, leading to more rapid effervescence. The �2 �2
was added drop by drop to ensure the combustion does not occur. In addition, the role of
hydrogen peroxide is to oxidize ��2+ ion to ��3+ which is an oxidizing agent and can easily
dissociate at high temperature. The colour of solution changed from dark purple to dark
brown.

By cooling down the mixture, the reaction rate can be slowed, allowing for better control of
the reaction and preventing the formation of unwanted byproducts. Cooling the mixture can
also help to dissolve the solid reactants and products in the solvent, which may not dissolve
easily at higher temperature. Sometimes salts are added to ice in order to create baths
colder than 0℃ (freezing point depression). We dried the crystals that have been filtered in
the oven at 110 ℃ to remove all the water from the solution. Adding toluene which has
relatively high boiling point of 110 ℃ and heating the mixture can help to dissolve these
impurities, leaving behind purified crystals of tris(acetylacetonato)cobalt(III).(Jove)The solid
product is then collected by gravity filtration, is a method of separating a solid precipitate
from a liquid solution using a filter paper. The solution was filtered using gravimetric filtration
and black precipitate was observed. Heptane is commonly used as a solvent for this reaction
because it is antisolvent, which aides the crystals to become precipitate.(Mettler Tolene)Dark
green crystals was obtained at the end of experiment for Part A. The percentage of yield was
58.53%.
The formation of a Co(II)-acac complex using the �2 �2 can be swiftly oxidised to Co(acac)3 .
because cobalt from a group of a transition metal that has vacant d orbital, so it forms stable
octahedral complex with the bulk of the ligand. The structure of tris(acetylacetone) is shown
below. In each molecule, the ��3+ ion is connected to three acetylacetone anions. Thus,the
resulting tris(acetylacetonato)cobalt(III) complex formed is a six-membered ring that has little
strain energy. The complex formed is non-polar because the ‘shells’ of methyl groups that
surround the metal atoms are hydrophobic which causes the complex to possess high
solubility in non-polar organic solvents.(Pearson)

Figure 5 shows the structure of tris(acetylacetonato)cobalt(III) complex

Part B Synthesis of nitrated ��(����)�

Nitration of tris(acetylacetonato) cobalt(III) complex was done by Menke nitration.Co(acac −

NO2 )3 is synthesized using the Co(acac)3 complex and Cu(NO3 )2 produced in part A. The
Co(acac)3 complex is used as a reagent instead of Hacac because Hacac cannot be directly
converted to 3-nitroacetylacetone.Cu(NO3 )2 and acetic anhydride are used in this reaction to
produce the final product, Co(acac − NO2 )3 .After the addition of of acetic anhydride, the
solution was in dark green. After 30 minutes of vigorous stirring, it turns to blue. The use of
an ice bath in these cases serves only to attract moisture into the acetic anhydride .Acetic
acid and copper nitrate trihydare react to form acetyl nitrate, which then reacts with
Co(acac)3 in the ice water and sodium acetate to form greenish oil.The oils generated in the
isolation procedure can be induced to solidify quickly by the addition of ethanol to the
vigorously stirred mixture. This oil was solidified using ethanol to form the final product
Co(acac − NO2 )3 .

The precipitate wash with water and ethanol to removing the impurities that clinging to the
surface of the precipitated substance and excess reactants during the formation of a
precipitate. The water wash must be done first because the ethanol will remove any residual
water and the ethanol will evaporate quickly leaving a more pure sample. Upon
recrystallization, green crystals obtained.The yield is 20.24% which falls in the poor range.

A 1:1 mixture of chloroform and ethanol was used as solvent for recrystallization. The ideal
solvent for recrystallizing nitrated Co(acac)3 complex is chloroform. But because chloroform
has a propensity to quickly react with air to produce toxic gas, ethanol is added to stabilise it.
The suction filtering was used to collect the crystals, which were then dried.

The structure of acetylacetone ��3+ is similar to benzene which allows electrophilic aromatic
substitution with the γ-hyrogen of the acetylacetonate ligand of Co(acac)3 complex with the
nitronium ions in the acetyl nitrate.All of the acidic hydrogen attached to the γ gamma
carbon of acetylacetone has been nitrated as the figure below:-

Figure 6 shows the structure of nitrated- tris(acetylacetonato)cobalt(III) complex

Discussion IR spectrum of ��(����)� ��� Nitrated ��(����)� .

IR spectrum of nitrated Co(acac)3 has the substitution with −��2 group at C-H because C-H
has already replaced by C−NO2 group after Co(acac)3 undergo nitration process.This
resulting a peak at 822.66 cm-1 in nitrated Co(acac)3 IR spectrum and absent in ��(����)3 IR
spectrum.

Discussion on NMR spectrum of ��(����)� .

The 1 H-NMR spectrum of ��(����)3 . (Figure 7) has sharp resonances/signals. From this it
can deduced that the complex is diamagnetic. It is because diamagnetic compounds usually
show sharp NMR signals with well-defined chemical shifts while paramagnetic compounds
exhibit broadening of NMR signals due to the presence of unpaired electrons that cause
relaxation. Octahedral Co(III) centres have two possible electron configurations, high spin or
low spin (Figure 11). The high spin complex has 4 unpaired electrons and would therefore be
paramagnetic. The low spin complex has no unpaired electrons which is diamagnetic, thus
the cobalt complex adopts a low spin configuration. (Magritek, 2015)
 Figure 7: Two possible electron structure of Co(III)

The integrals of the two resonances (Figure 12) is 1.00 at δ 5.530 and 6.06 at δ 2.189 shows
a 1:6 relationship, thus the peak at δ 5.530 that integrates for 3 protons corresponds to the
CH while the peak at δ 2.189 that integrates for 18 protons corresponds to the 6 methyl
groups (Figure 8). This confirms the presence of 6 β hydrogens and 1 γ hydrogen in each of
the 3 ligands attached to the central metal ion.

5.530 ppm

2.189 ppm 2.189 ppm

2.189 ppm

5.530 ppm
Figure 8 shows the structure of tris(acetylacetonato)cobalt(III) complex

Discussion NMR spectrum of Nitrated ��(����)� .

The NMR spectrum of nitrated ��(����)3 gives two signals at 2.533 ppm and 7.266 ppm.
The 2.533 indicates the 6 methyl group while 7.266 ppm indicates the deuterated chloroform
solvent. We can observe that the peak at 5.530 ppm is absent in this spectrum because of
the substitution of ��2 group occurs at γ carbon position. It already form complexes with
��2 group and the complex undergoes nitration through substitution because the ions can
delocalize a stable aromatic ring. (Shalhoub, ACS Publication, 1980)
 2.533 ppm
2.533 ppm

2.533 ppm
Figure 9 shows the structure of nitrated ��(����)3

Analysis of NMR spectrum for Acetylacetone

The NMR spectrum of acetylacetone(attached at appendix) shows 4 peaks. The peak at

2.044 indicates the presence of −��3 in enol. The 2.236 ppm indicates the −��3 in keto.
The 3.613 ppm indicates the C-H in keto while 5.524 ppm indicates the C-H group in enol
form. This is clear that the solution contains both keto and enol tautomers.(Study.com, 2022)

Question 2

Comparing NMR spectrum of pure acetylacetone with ��(����)3 .The similarities of NMR
spectrum for acetylacetone and ��(����)3 is both has peak around 5.524 ppm and 5.530
ppm respectively which represents ��2 C-H group of enol tautomer. As a result, the
resonances 5.524 ppm band 5.530 ppm are relative to the enol tautomer thereby leaving the
resonances 2.044 ppm and 3.612 ppm as the keto tautomer.This shows that the ligand with
��3+ has more enol character.
Safety Precaution

1) We should add the hydrogen peroxide slowly, or the reaction

mixture will froth out of the flask due to �2 production from decomposition of
excess �2 �2 .
2) Do not add too much of solvent during filtration process because we might observed
few precipitate on the filter paper and and resulting the solution to be evaporated for
longer time and make sure the solvent for recrystallization is hot.
3) The temperature must be controlled during crystallization as rapid changes in
temperature or uneven cooling results less yield and poor crystallization.
4) The crystals must be completely dried in order to get rid of any remaining solvent and
avoid contamination. Depending on the type of crystals, the best drying method must
be chosen, such as oven drying or air drying.
5) The heating process should done in the fume cupboard so that we can avoid inhaling
the harmful chemical.

Conclusion

To conclude, acetylacetonate is a strong ligand and can form complexes with transition
metal ions. Tris(acetylacetonato) cobalt(III) was successfully synthesized from ��2+ ion to
��3+ .The percentage yield for ��(����)3 is 58.47% and nitrated ��(����)3 is 20.24%. The
infrared spectra and NMR spectra for both complexes were successfully analysed and the
presence of nitro group in the compound has been identified from the spectra.

Question & Answer

1) What is the role of 10% �� �� in the reaction and suggest what can be used to
substitute this chemical?

Hydrogen peroxide (�2 �2 ) is used to oxidize cobalt(II) carbonate to cobalt(III)

acetylacetonate, ��(����)3 , ��2+ ion to ��3+ which is strong oxidizing agent and can easily
dissociated at high temperature. The reaction procceds as below:-

1
����3 + 3 Hacac + �2 �2 → ��(����)3 + 2��2 + 2�2 �
2
Other oxidizing agents such as nitric acid or potassium permanganate can be used to
substitute. However, these alternatives may require different reaction conditions and may
result in different yields or product purity.
2) Record the 1H-NMR spectrum for Co(acac) and the nitrated product using
chloroform,purified specially for NMR (obtain the solvent from the laboratory
assistant). Discuss the spectrum of Co(acac) and compare it with the spectrum of
acetylacetone (given).

Explained in Discussion.

3) Which part of the acetylacetone ligand in Co(acac) is nitrated? Explain your answer

Explained in Discussion.

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Appendix

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Figure 11 shows IR spectrum for nitrated ��(����)3

Figure 12 shows NMR spectrum for ��(����)3

Figure 13 shows NMR spectrum for nitrated ��(����)3

Figure 14 : NMR spectrum of Acetylacetone(Chemical book)

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