Aluminium(III) Derivatives of Monofunctional Bidentate Schiff Bases

Abstract

Reactions of aluminium iso-propoxide with monofunctional bidentate Schiff bases having the general formula 2-HOC10H6CH:NR (where R = C2H5, n C3H7, iso-C3H7, n-C4H9, iso-C4H9, sec-C4H9, tert-C4H9 and C6H5) in different stoichiometric ratios have yielded Al(OPri)2(SB), Al(OPri)(SB)2 and Al(SB)3 type of products (where SB is the anion of the corresponding Schiff base, SBH). The ebullioscopic determination of molecular weights shows that the di-iso-propoxy mono- Schiff base derivatives are dimeric; the tris- Schiff base derivatives are monomeric and for the mono-iso-propoxy bis- Schiff base derivatives, molecular association is ~1.4. The IR spectra of a few representative derivatives have been recorded and possible structures indicated.