Synthesis and Characterization of Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II), Mn(II), and Cd(II) Transition Metal Complexes of Tridentate Schiff Base Derived from O-Vanillin and N-Aminopyrimidine-2-Thione

Abstract

Monobasic tridentate Schiff base ligand having ONS donor sequence was prepared by condensing N-aminopyrimidine-2-thione with o-vanillin. The complexes were formed by reacting ligand and the metal acetates of Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II), Mn(II), and Cd(II) in methanol to get a series of mononuclear and dinuclear complexes. The characterization of ligand and metal complexes were carried out by elemental analyses, conductivity measurements, magnetic susceptibility data, FTIR, UV-vis, NMR, and API-ES mass spectral data. The structure of the complexes was confirmed on the basis of elemental analyses, magnetic susceptibility, API-ES mass spectral data and thermal gravitational analysis (TGA).

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Keywords:

• Schiff base metal complex
• N-aminopyrimidine-2-thione
• o-vanillin

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Presidency of Scientific Research Projects of University Yuzuncu Yil (2009-FBE-D006) for the support of this research.