Journal
MATERIALS
Volume 15, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma15124299
Keywords
compartmental Schiff base; heteronuclear Cu(II)Ln(III)Cu(II) complex; thermal analysis TG; DSC; TG-FTIR; ATR-FTIR spectroscopy
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This study synthesized new heterotrinuclear complexes and investigated their molecular structure and magnetic properties, providing important information for further research into the physical and chemical properties of metal complexes.
New heterotrinuclear complexes with the general formula [Cu(2)Ln(H2L)(HL)(NO3)(2)]center dot MeOH (Ln = Ho (1), Er (2), H4L = N,N '-bis(2,3-dihydroxybenzylidene)-1,3-diaminopropane) were synthesized using compartmental Schiff base ligand in conjugation with auxiliary ligands. The compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, TG, DSC, TG-FTIR and XRD analysis. The N2O4 salen-type ligand coordinates 3d and 4f metal centers via azomethine nitrogen and phenoxo oxygen atoms, respectively, to form heteropolynuclear complexes having CuO(2)Ln cores. In the crystals 1 and 2, two terminal Cu(II) ions are penta-coordinated with a distorted square-pyramidal geometry and a Ln(III) ion with trigonal dodecahedral geometry is coordinated by eight oxygen atoms from [Cu-II(H2L)(NO3)](-) and [Cu-II(HL)(NO3)](2-) units. Compounds 1 and 2 are stable at room temperature. During heating, they decompose in a similar way. In the first decomposition step, they lose solvent molecules. The exothermic decomposition of ligands is connected with emission large amounts of gaseous products e.g., water, nitric oxides, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide. The final solid products of decomposition 1 and 2 in air are mixtures of CuO and Ho2O3/Er2O3. The measurements of magnetic susceptibilities and field dependent magnetization indicate the ferromagnetic interaction between Cu-II and Ho-III ions 1.
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