Benzaldehyde

Cu K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure(EXAFS) spectra have been obtained for four copper (II) mixed ligand complexes using BL-8 Dispersive Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) beamline at the 2.5-GeV INDUS-2 Synchrotron Source, RRCAT(Raja Ramanna Center for Advance Technology),Indore, India. The complexes are [Cu(ben)(p-Tol)(Cl)2], [Cu(ben)(p-Tol)(CH3COO)2], [Cu(ben)(p-Tol)(NO3)2] and [Cu(ben)(p-Tol)(Br)2]. The ligand (p-methyl anilino) phenyl acetonitrile was prepared which included the reaction of benzaldehyde with P-toluidine. The data obtained has been processed using EXAFS data analysis program Athena and the computer software Origin 6.0 professional. EXAFS maxima and minima positions have been obtained from the normalized spectra. The normalized EXAFS spectra have been Fourier transformed. The position of the first peak in the Fourier transform gives the value of first shell bond length .This distance is the phase-uncorrected bond length and has also been determined by Lytle, Sayers and Stern s (LSS) graphical method. It is found that the results obtained from LSS and the Fourier transformation methods are in good agreement with each other, i.e. both the LSS method and Fourier transformation method give nearly the same value of the phase-uncorrected bond lengths. In this paper, the first shell bond length has also been estimated by Lytle's and Levy's methods from the EXAFS data.

A condensation reaction between 1,2-diphenylethane-1,2-dione dihydrazone (DPEDDH) and dimethyl or diethyloxalate in methanol resulted in a novel Schiff base octaazamacrocyclic ligand, (L): (6,7,14,15-tetraoxa-2,3,10,11-tetraphenyl-1,4,5,8,9,12,13,16-octaazacyclohexadecane-1,3,9,11-tetraene). Subsequently metal complexes of the type [MLX2] and [CuL]X2; (M=Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II); X=Cl or NO3) were synthesized by the reaction of the free macrocyclic ligand (L) with the corresponding metal salts in 1:1 molar ratio. These complexes were characterized on the basis of analytical data, molar conductivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements, ESI-mass, IR, NMR ((1)H and (13)C), EPR and electronic spectral studies. The thermal stability of the complexes was also studied by TGA and DTA analyses. These studies show that all the complexes have octahedral arrangement around the metal ions except copper complexes which are square planar. The ligand and its complexes were screened fo...