Dicopper(II) complexes of a tridentate pyrimidine derived Schiff base ligand: Syntheses, crystal structures and catalytic reactions

Sangita Ray, Sreyashi Jana, Atanu Jana, Saugata Konar, Kinsuk Das, Sudipta Chatterjee, Ray J. Butcher, Susanta Kumar Kar

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Abstract

Three new dinuclear Cu(II) complexes, [Cu2(L)2(L 1)]PF6 (1), [Cu2(L)2(L 2)]PF6 (2) and [Cu2(L)2(L 3)]PF6 (3), of a potentially tridentate NNO-donor Schiff base ligand [HL = 2-(2-(4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)hydrazono)methyl)phenol] and the ancillary ligands [HL1 = benzoic acid, HL2 = salicylic acid, HL3 = 4-amino benzoic acid] have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, IR, single crystal X-ray crystallography, spectroscopic, electrochemical and catalytic studies. The ligand HL is the [1+1] condensation product of salicylaldehyde with 2-hydrazino-4,6-dimethyl pyrimidine. In the complexes 1, 2 and 3, two Cu(II) centers are bridged by the carboxylic oxygen atoms of the respective acid moiety. All the metal centres have square-based pyramidal (SP) geometries (Γ = 0.120, 0.124, 0.109 for 1, 2 and 3, respectively). The dinuclear Cu(II) complexes show high catalytic activity and selectivity for the epoxidation of styrene, cyclohexene and cyclooctene using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as the oxidant.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)74-80
Number of pages7
JournalPolyhedron
Volume46
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Oct 2012

Keywords

  • Binuclear copper(II) complexes
  • Catalytic epoxidation
  • Pyrimidine derived ligand
  • Spectral electrochemical properties
  • X-ray crystal structures

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