Selenium(IV) hydroxide complexes

[scotty_ex]

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

[UC]

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.