Constituent
Name
Nickel(cyclam), 2Cl
Official name
Nickel(cyclam), 2Cl
Family
ionic solid
Class
normal salt
Compound type
organic salt
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Formula
Ni2+(NHCH2CH2NHCH2CH2CH2)2cycl2Cl
Chemical formula
Ni(C10H20N4H4)Cl2
Elemental formula
(Ni2+) C10 H24 N4 (Cl-)2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
Ni2+ Nickel cation element 1 0.25 1 constituent cation main
(NHCH2CH2NHCH2CH2CH2)2cycl Cyclam molecule 1 0.25 1 constituent molecular main
Cl Chloride anion element 2 0.5 1 constituent anion main
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
RNHR 4 main
RCH2R 2 main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
Ni2+Cl 2
Ni2+N 4
CC 6 main
CH 20 main
CN< 8 main
>NH 4 main
Class
normal salts (07)
Type
simple normal salts (07.01)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
monoclinic
Crystal class
prismatic
Crystal class symbol
2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup
P2(1)/c
Composition order
ordered
Comments
alternating two six- and two five-membered chelate rings are in the chair and gauche conformation, respectively. This ring conformation is the most strain free of the 5 isomers
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
329.93 g/mol
Density
1.495 g/cm3
Refringence type
biaxial
Color
white
Diaphaneity
transparent to translucent