Vibrational Spectroscopic Study on the Hofmann-Td-type 1,4-Dioxane Clathrates

Abstract

Two new 1,4-dioxane-Td-type clathrates of the form Cd(CPA)2M(CN)4.2C4H8O2 (CPA= cyclopentylamine; M = Cd or Hg) have been prepared in powder form and their FT-IR (400-4000 cm-1), FT-Raman (70-4000 cm-1), far-IR (50-400 cm-1) spectra, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and elemental analyses are reported. The spectral data suggest that the host frameworks of these compounds are similar to those of the Hofmann-Td-type benzene clathrates.