Synthesis and Crystal Structure of bis [2-(3-(2-((2-Hydroxybenzylidene) Amino)Ethyl)Oxazolidin-2-yl)Phenol]Cerium (IV) 1,4-Dioxane Monosolvate

ABSTRACT

The metal complex, bis [2-(3-(2-((2-hydroxybenzylidene)amino)ethyl) oxazolidin-2-yl)phenol]cerium(IV) 1,4-dioxane monosolvate was synthesized and characterized by infrared, ¹H NMR, elemental analysis, single-crystal, and powder X-ray diffraction. The coordination polyhedra of cerium shows a distorted square-antiprismatic geometry. No classical hydrogen bonds were observed. The crystal packing was influenced by weak C-H···O (intermolecular) and van der Waals interactions.

Keywords:

• Crystal structure
• metal complex
• Schiff base
• synthesis
• X-ray diffraction

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Dr. S. Chandrasekhar, Director, IICT, Hyderabad for his kind encouragement and Dr. N. Jagadeesh Babu, for helpful discussions. The authors also thank Dr. K.V.S. Ramakrishna, Center for NMR and Structural Chemistry, IICT for giving NMR spectra. We acknowledge the CSIR, New Delhi, for financial support as a part of XII five-year plan program under the titles AARF (CSC0406) and ORIGIN (CSC0108).