COORDINATION COMPOUNDS OF COBALT, NICKEL, COPPER AND ZINC WITH THIOSEMICARBAZONE AND 3-PHENYLPROPENAL SEMICARBAZONE

Abstract

Hydrates of 3-phenylpropenal thiosemicarbazone (HL•H2O) and semicarbazone (HL'•H2O) react in methanol with cobalt, nickel, copper, and zinc chlorides, nitrates, and acetates to form coordination compounds MX2•2HL•nSolv [M = Co, Ni, Cu, Zn; X = Cl, NO3; HL = C6H5CH=CH-CH=N-NHC(O)NH2; n = 0-3; Solv = H2O, CH3OH], CuX2•HL• nH2O [M = Ni, Cu; n = 0, 1], ML2•nH2O and ML'•nH2O [M = Co, Ni, Zn; HL' = C6H 5CH=CH-CH=N-NHC(O)NH2; n = 0-3]. In the presence of amines (A = C5H5N, 2-CH3C5H4N, 3-CH3C5H4N, and 4-CH3C 5H4N) these reactions yield the complexes Cu(A)LCl•CH3OH and M(A)LX•nH2O [M = Cu, Ni; X = Cl, NO3; n = 0-2]. The copper complexes with the amine ligands are of polynuclear structure, and other complexes are monomeric. Carbazones (HL and HL') are included in the complexes as bidentate N,S-and N,O-ligands. The thermolysis of the complexes involves the stages of removing solvent crystallization molecules (70-90°C), deaquation (150-170°C), and full thermal decomposition (500-580°C).