Syntheses, characterization and X-ray crystal structures of Co(III) and Mn(II) complexes of pyrimidine derived Schiff base ligands

Abstract

Two pyrimidine based NNS tridentate Schiff base ligands S-methyl-3-((2- S-methyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidyl)methyl)dithiocarbazate [HL 1] and S-benzyl-3-((2- S-methyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidyl)methyl)dithiocarbazate [HL 2] have been synthesised by 1:1 condensation of 2- S-methylmercapto-6-methylpyrimidine-4-carbaldehyde and S-methyl/ S-benzyl dithiocarbazate. One Co(III) and one Mn(II) complex of HL 1 and one Mn(II) complex of HL 2 have been prepared and characterized by elemental analyses, molar conductivities, magnetic susceptibilities and spectroscopic studies. All the bis-chelate complexes have a distorted octahedral arrangement with an N 4S 2 chromophore around the central metal ion. Each ligand molecule binds the metal ion using pyrimidyl nitrogen, azomethine nitrogen and the thiolato sulfur atoms. In the free ligand moieties, the pyrimidine nitrogen atoms, azomethine nitrogen atoms and thione sulfur atoms are in EEE orientation to each other. During chelation, all the donor sites of the ligands are reoriented to ZEZ configuration in order to facilitate the chelation process. In all the complexes, the respective ligand molecule functions as the monoanionic tridentate one. All complexes were analyzed by single crystal X-ray diffraction and significant differences concerning the distortion from octahedral geometry of the coordination environment were observed.