Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

Clathrate Compound Formed by Benzene with an Ammonia–Nickel Cyanide Complex

Abstract

THE clathrate type of molecular compound is formed by the imprisonment of one sort of molecule in some kind of cage structure of the other component. In the compound the molecular component M is trapped during formation of the cage C from molecules or other complexes which exist in the same solution with it. Although certainty may be attained only by exact structural investigations, it is possible to make a preliminary assignment of a particular molecular compound to this class on general grounds.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Hofmann, K. A., and Höchtlen, F., Ber., 36, 1149 (1903). Hofmann, K. A., and Arnoldi, H., Ber., 39, 339 (1906).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Powell, H. M., J. Chem. Soc., 61 (1948).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

POWELL, H., RAYNER, J. Clathrate Compound Formed by Benzene with an Ammonia–Nickel Cyanide Complex. Nature 163, 566–567 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163566a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/163566a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing