Spectral, thermal and magnetic properties of Cu(II) and Ni(II) complexes with Schiff base ligands

Abstract

Mononuclear copper(II) and nickel(II) complexes of the formulae [Cu(L1)] (1), [Ni(L1)] (2), [Cu(L2)] (3) and [Cu(L3)H2O] (4) (where L1 = N,N'- -ethylenebis(4,6-dimethoxysalicylideanaminato), L2 = N,N'-ethylenebis(5- bromosalicylidenaminato) and L3 = N,N'-ethylenebis(5-bromo-3- methoxysalicylidenaminato)) were synthesized as microcrystalline powders and characterized by IR spectroscopy, thermal analysis and magnetic measurements. The magnetic susceptibility of the Cu(II) complexes changed with temperature according to the Curie-Weiss law. The complexes 1, 3 and 4 exhibit magnetic moments of 2.29, 2.20 and 1.88 ?B, respectively, at 303 K. These values practically do not change with lowering the temperature to 77 K. The nickel(II) complex 2 is diamagnetic. Copyright 2011 (CC) SCS.