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Tuesday, May 7, 2019
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Andres Tretiakov
The chelation reaction of nickel ions with the organic bidentate ligand dimethylglyoxime (DMG)1 in an alkaline ammonia medium producing nickel dimethylglyoxime, Ni(DMG)2, a red cherry or raspberry colour precipitate has been known since 1905 when it was discovered by Russian chemist Lev Aleksandrovich Chugaev (see figure 1). I
