Ring opening complexation of nickel(II) and copper(II) by 2-phenyl-2-(2-pyridyl)imidazolidine: Synthesis, spectra and X-ray crystal structures

  • Sanaa M. Emam
  • , Patrick McArdle
  • , James McManus
  • , Mary Mahon

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Abstract

The cyclic structure of 2-phenyl-2-(2-pyridyl)imidazolidine (1) derived from the condensation of 1,2-diaminoethane and 2-benzoylpyridine has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography. Reaction of (1) with salts of nickel(II) and copper(II) leads to metal induced ring opening and the formation of complexes containing the tridentate ligand (L). The formulae of the complexes derived from NiX2 and CuX2 are [NiL2]X2 and [CuLY]X2 (X=ClO4-, Y = H2O, CH3CN and N3-). Crystal structures were obtained for (1), [NiL2][ClO4]2, [CuL(CH3CN)][ClO4]2, [CuL(H2O)][NO3]2 and [CuLN3][ClO4].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2379-2385
Number of pages7
JournalPolyhedron
Volume27
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Aug 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Azide
  • Copper(II) complexes
  • DFT calculations
  • Nickel(II)
  • Schiff base
  • X-ray crystal structure

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