Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications 
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 58937, 12 pages
doi:10.1155/BCA/2006/58937

Reactions Between Chalcogen Donors and Dihalogens/Interalogens: Typology of Products and Their Characterization by FT-Raman Spectroscopy

Massimiliano Arca, M. Carla Aragoni, Francesco A. Devillanova, Alessandra Garau, Francesco Isaia, Vito Lippolis, Annalisa Mancini, and Gaetano Verani

 Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica ed Analitica, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, S.S. 554 Bivio per Sestu, Monserrato (CA) 09042, Italy
Received 22 June 2006; Revised 4 October 2006; Accepted 5 October 2006

Abstract

The chemical bond and structural features for the most important classes of solid products obtained by reacting chalcogen donors with dihalogens and interhalogens are reviewed. Particular attention is paid to the information the FT-Raman spectroscopy can confidently give about each structural motif considered in the absence of X-ray structural analyses.