Abstract

Three novel Copper complexes, [Cu(L1)2][CuCl2] (1), [Cu(L2)Cl] (2) and [Cu2(L3)3Cl2] (3), have been prepared by reaction of CuCl with the Schiff-base ligands L1: N,N’-bis(thiophen-2-ylmethylene)-ethane-1,2-diamine, L2: N,N’-bis(1H-pyrrol-2-ylmethylene)ethane-1,2-diamine and L3: N,N’-bis(2-nitrobenzylidene)-ethane-1,2-diamine in acetonitrile. The solid-state structures of these complexes were determined by X-ray diffraction from single crystal data and characterized by 1H and 13C NMR, IR and UV/Vis spectroscopies. This study shows that (1) is an ionic complex with a Cu(I)-centered cation and an isolated linear dichlorocuprate(I) anion, (3) is a dinuclear neutral complex of Cu(I) while (2) is a mononuclear neutral complex of Cu(II). In the three complexes, Cu is tetracordinated in different geometrical environments. The atomic arrangements and spectroscopic properties of the three complexes are reported. Complexes 1-3 exhibit, in the solid state at room temperature, photoluminescence between 320 and 550 nm.

Highlights

  • Luminescent metal complexes have attracted an increasing attention in many areas of chemistry, biology, medical and material science [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]

  • The design and synthesis of desired structure luminescent complex is a challenge because the assembly of metal ion with ligand is sensitive to the delicate synthetic conditions [15]

  • Three novel copper supramolecules with different structural motifs were prepared by reaction of CuCl with the Schiff-base ligands L1-L3 in acetonitrile

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Summary

Introduction

Luminescent metal complexes have attracted an increasing attention in many areas of chemistry, biology, medical and material science [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]. Copper complexes with various bis(Schiff-base) halide donor ligands are of growing interest owing to their wide variation in structural format and rich photo-physical and chemical properties. We select three flexible aromatic bis(Schiff-base) ligands (L1-L3) as Ndonor ligands to explore the structures, electronic and spectroscopic properties of their complexes with copper

Synthesis
Reaction of diimine ligands with copper chloride
Physical measurements
Crystallographic data collection and structure determination
X-ray diffraction
Optical properties
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