Copper(II)–nickel(II) complexes of novel 1,9-dioxa-3,6-dithiacyclotridecane-10,12-dione and 1,4-dioxa-7,10-dithiacyclododecane-2,3-dione ligands

Abstract

1,9-Dioxa-3,6-dithiacyclotridecane-10,12-dione (L1), and 1,4-dioxa-7,10-dithiacyclododecane-2,3-dione, (L2), two novel ligands, and their mono- and di-nuclear copper(II) and/or nickel(II) complexes have been prepared and characterized by elemental analyses, 1H- and 13C-n.m.r., i.r., magnetic moments and mass spectral studies. Elemental analyses, stochiometric and spectroscopic data on the complexes indicate that the metal ions are coordinated to the nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur atoms and the data support the proposed structure for the diones and their mono–dinuclear copper(II) complexes. Moreover, copper(II) complexes of the dione ligands have a 1:1 metal:ligand ratio.