COORDINATION COMPOUNDS OF COBALT, NICKEL, AND COPPER WITH ISONITROSOACETONE BENZOYLHYDRAZONE

Abstract

Benzoylhydrazine and isonitrosoacetone react in ethanol with cobalt, nickel, and copper halides and acetates to give the coordination compounds MX2(HL)·nH2O, MX2(HL) 2·nH2O, and ML2·nH2O [M = Co, Ni, Cu; X = Cl, Br; HL = C6H5C(O)NHNC(CH 3)CHNOH; n = 1-4]. The same reactions performed in the presence of sodium acetate and pyridine (pH 7-8) yield the complexes MLCl·nH 2O and MPy2LCl·nH2O (n = 1-4). All the complexes have a pseudooctahedral coordination geometry. The hydrazone HL behaves as a tridentate O,N,N-donor ligand. Thermolysis of the substances involves dehydration (70-90°C), deaquation (155-170°C) or deamination (175-195°C), and complete thermal decomposition (285-360°C).