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Selenium(IV) hydroxide complexes

scotty_ex
in Inorganic Chemistry

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Hi guys,

Just wanted to know for sure if selenium(IV) hydroxide complexes exist? I thought coordination chemistry involved transition metals as the central atoms in hydroxide complexes.. Is it possible for Se4+ to act as some sort of metalloid central atom?

Thanks,

Scott

 

btw I'm new to these forums so i'm sorry if this is in the wrong section

Since you're talking about chalcogen-chalcogen bonds, you'd be in covalent bond land moreso than ligand complexes. Se(OH)4 exists, I suspect, at least in equilibrium with SeO2 in aqueous solution. ortho-selenous acid would be an appropriate (obsolete) name, IIRC.

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