In the experimental part of the masters thesis, a reaction system consisting of zinc(II) sulphate(VI) heptahydrate, picolinic acid, piperidine, acetonitrile and methanol was studied. A product that forms upon a 24-hour long heating in autoclave at 105 °C is [Zn(NH3)4]SO4·2H2O. We were interested in the influence of the reagents over the nature of the product. Therefore acetonitrile was replaced with propionitrile, piperidine with morpholine and picolinic acid with pyrazinoic acid or quinaldinic acid. Thus modified reaction systems afforded several other products: [Zn(quin)2(NH3)], [Zn(quin)2(pipeam)]·CH3CN, (morphH)(NH4)SO4 and/or (pipeH)(propioamH)SO4. The second part of the thesis presents a laboratory experiment titled Infrared spectra of the [Zn(NH3)4]2+ compounds. Several of the above mentioned reactions resulted in [Zn(NH3)4]SO4·2H2O. The latter compound has a simple, yet interesting spectrum. Several other compounds containing the [Zn(NH3)4]2+ ion are known. Their infrared spectra have already been interpreted. Selected [Zn(NH3)4]2+ compounds form part of a laboratory experiment which could be performed within Spectroscopy, a course that is attended by students of a first-cycle study program Chemistry. The last part of the masters thesis is its placement in the chemistry curriculum for high schools. There are instructions for the preparation of two lessons. The first one is about the yield of a chemical reaction and second about coordination compounds with ammonia.
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