Comparison of the ht Ultraviolet-Visible Spectra of the Copper(Ii) Complexes of Bidentate Schiff Base Ligands

Abstract

Abstract The bis(salicylaldiminato)copper(II) complexes of the ligand series of salicylaldimines derived from the condensation of n-alkyl or n-alkyloxy substituted aromatic amines with 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde were synthesized. a series of Schiff base ligands with the general formula 4-X-N-(2,4-dihydroxybenzylidene)-aniline and differing only in substituents were synthesized. Some of these compounds have already been reported in literature. X=OCH3[1],OC2H5[2],C4H9[1]. the copper(II) complexes of these ligands having the general formula, copper, bis[o-[N-(p-X-phenyl) formimidoyl]-4-hydroxyphenolato] were also synthesized. the ligands and their complexes, a total of 24 in number, are studied systematically with ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy to examine the effect of various n-alkyl- and n-alkyloxy substituents on the ligands and on their complexes. in the electronic spectrum of these compounds, the bands observed in the 200-450 run region which involve charge transfer π-π∗ transition were interpreted.