Copper(II) complexes of N-(2-{[(2E)-2-(2-Hydroxy-(5-substituted)-benzylidene)-hydrazino]carbonyl}phenyl)benzamide ligands and heterocyclic coligands

{1-[1-(2-Hy-droxy-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]-2-(pyridin-2-yl-κN)hydrazine-κ2N',O}{1-[1-(2-oxidophen-yl)ethyl-idene]-2-(pyridin-2-yl-κN)hydrazine-κ2N',O}nickelate(II) nitrate hemihydrate

The 2-hydrazino-pyridine precursor has been widely used to prepare ligands of various kinds by condensation with carbonyl compounds. These types of ligands are suitable for synthesizing novel transition metal (II) complexes with inter-esting magnetic properties. In this context we have synthesized the ligand 1-(2-hy-droxy-phenyl-2-ethyl-idene)-2-(pyridin-2-yl)hydrazine (HL) which was used in the preparation of the mononuclear title complex, [Ni(C13H12N3O)(C13H13N3O)]NO3·0.5H2O. As a result of the presence of HL and L in the [{Ni(HL)(L)}]+ unit, the complex appears to be a supramolecular dimer composed of the Δ(-) and Λ(-) optical isomers, which are linked by strong hydrogen-bonds. As well as the dimer generated by two mononuclear [{Ni(HL)(L)}]+ cations, the asymmetric unit also contains two nitrate anions and one water mol-ecule. Each Ni atom is coordinated to two ligand mol-ecules by a nitro-gen atom of the pyridine ring, an imine nitro-gen atom and a phenolic oxygen atom of one of the ligand mol-ecules and a phenolate oxygen atom of the other organic mol-ecules. The environment around the cation is a distorted octa-hedron. The basal planes are defined by the two nitro-gen atoms of the pyridine rings and the two phenolic oxygen atoms of the ligand, the apical positions being occupied by the azomethine atoms. The O atoms of one of the nitrate ions are disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.745 (9):0.255 (9) ratio. In the crystal, the dimers are linked by numerous hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional framework.

Copper(I) Complexes of N-(2-{[(2E)-2-(4-Nitrobenzylidenyl)Hydrazinyl]Carbonyl}Phenyl)Benzamide and Triphenylphosphine: Synthesis, Characterization and Luminescence Properties

Copper(I) complexes of the formula [Cu(L)(PPh₃)₂]X (1-4) (X = Cl(1), ClO₄(2), BF₄(3) and PF₆(4)) [where L = N-(2-{[(2E)-2-(4-nitrobenzylidenyl)hydrazinyl]carbonyl}phenyl)benzamide; PPh₃ = triphenylphosphine] have been prepared by the condensation of N-[2-(hydrazinocarbonyl)phenyl]benzamide with 4-nitrobenzaldehyde followed by the reaction with CuCl, [Cu(MeCN)₄]ClO₄, [Cu(MeCN)₄]BF₄ and [Cu(MeCN)₄]PF₆ in presence of triphenylphosphine as a coligand. Complexes 1-4 were then characterized by elemental analyses, FTIR, UV-visible and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. Mononuclear copper(I) complexes 1-4 were formed with L in its keto form by involvement of azomethine nitrogen and the carbonyl oxygen along with two PPh₃ groups. A single crystal X-ray diffraction study of the representative complex [(Cu(L)(PPh₃)₂]CIO₄ (2) reveals a distorted tetrahedral geometry around Cu(I). Crystal data of (2): space group = C2/c, a = 42.8596 (9) Å, b = 14.6207 (3) Å, c = 36.4643 (7) Å, V = 20,653.7 (7) ų, Z = 16. Complexes 1-4 exhibit quasireversible redox behaviour corresponding to a Cu(I)/Cu(II) couple. All complexes show blue-green emission as a result of fluorescence from an intra-ligand charge transition (ILCT), ligand to ligand charge transfer transition (LLCT) or mixture of both. Significant increase in size of the counter anion shows marked effect on quantum efficiency and lifetime of the complexes in solution.