Metal-metal bonding in metal-string complexes M3(dpa)4X2 (M = Ni, Co, dpa = di(2-pyridyl)amido, and X = Cl, NCS) from resonance Raman and infrared spectroscopy

Infrared and Raman spectra for metal string complexes Ni3(dpa)2Cl2, Ni3(dpa)2(NCS)2, Co3(dpa)2Cl2 and Co3(dpa)2(NCS)2 are presented.