Abstract

IR, EPR and electronic spectral studies have been made on a series of complexes with general formula [M(dien)L](BØ 4) 2 nH 2O (M = Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), dien = N-(2-aminoethyl)-1,2-ethanediamine, L = ethanediamine (en), Me 4en, Et 2en, Me = methyl, Et = ethyl, BØ 4 = tetraphenylborate, n = 0 or 2] taking copper(II) as a magnetic probe in polycrystalline and solution forms to obtain stereochemical information. A five-coordinate square-based pyramidal (SBP) geometry with CuN 3N′ 2 moiety having moderately covalent metal-ligand σ-bonds is found to exist in unalkylated mixed ligand complexes. Among alkylated complexes [Cu/Cd(dien)(Me 4en)](BØ 4) 2 is found to possess two species having tetrahedral and SBP with trigonal bipyramidal distortion geometries unlike the other alkylated complexes which have indicated the presence of one species having SBP coordination geometry with varying degrees of trigonal bipyramidal distortions and metal-ligand σ-bond strengths. EPR studies in dilute dmf and pyridine solutions of copper(II) complexes indicated the presence of solute-solvent interaction.

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