ESR spectra of spacered copper(II) dimers of 5-bromo-2-hydroxyacetophenone acyldihydrazones based on aliphatic dicarboxylic acids

Abstract

Binuclear copper(II) complexes with 5-bromo-2-hydroxyacetophenone acyldihydrazones (H4L) with the composition [Cu2L·nPy] where the coordination polyhedra are linked by polymethylene chains with different lengths (from one to five units) have been synthesized and studied. The ESR spectrum of a polycrystalline sample of a complex based on malonyldihydrazone contains a major signal (g = 2.11) together with a weak signal corresponding to the forbidden transition (ΔMS = 2, g = 4.18). At room temperature, ESR spectra of solutions of complexes of acyldihydrazones based on malonic, succinic, glutaric, and adipic acids contain seven HFS lines from two equivalent copper nuclei. These lines result from weak spin-spin exchange interaction between two unpaired electrons with the constant (36–38)·10−4 cm−1. An increase in the polymethylene chain length to five units prevents the exchange interactions, and the ESR spectrum of a complex of the acyldihydrazone based on pimelic acid contains a signal of four HFS lines (aCu = 69.5·10−4 cm−1), which is common to the monomeric copper(II) compounds. In the parallel orientation, the ESR spectrum of a frozen solution of the complex of malonyldihydrazone contained the superposition of signals due to fine and hyperfine structures with similar constants (D∥ = 0.0074 cm−1, A∥ = 0.0070 cm−1, g∥ = 2.089, g⊥ = 2.053).