Ruthenium complexes with Schiff base ligands containing benz(othiazole/imidazole) moieties: Structural, electron spin resonance and electrochemistry studies

Booysen, Irvin N. and Adebisi, Abimbola A. and Munro, Orde Q. and Xulu, Bheki (2015) Ruthenium complexes with Schiff base ligands containing benz(othiazole/imidazole) moieties: Structural, electron spin resonance and electrochemistry studies. Polyhedron, 73. pp. 1-11.

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Abstract

Novel ruthenium(II/III) complexes of Schiff bases containing benzimidazole (bz) or benzothiazole (bs) moieties were isolated: the diamagnetic ruthenium complex, cis-[RuIICl2(bzpy)(PPh3)2] (1) was formed from the 1:1 M reaction between N-((pyridine-2-yl)methylene)-1H-benzimidazole (bzpy) and metal precursor, trans-[RuCl2(PPh3)3]. The same metal precursor, when reacted with the benzimidazole-derived Schiff bases [N-(2-hydroxybenzylidene)-benzothiazole (Hbsp) and N-(2-hydroxybenzylidene)-benzimidazole (Hbzp)], afforded the paramagnetic ruthenium(III) complexes [RuCl(bsp)2(PPh3)] (2) and trans-[RuCl(bzp)(PPh3)2] (3), respectively. These metal complexes were characterized via IR, mass and UV–Vis spectroscopy, elemental analysis, single crystal XRD analysis as well as conductivity measurements. Their redox properties were probed by voltammetry and accompanying UV–Vis spectroelectrochemistry experiments. Structural features of complex 1 were further investigated by multinuclear (1H and 31P) NMR spectroscopy. The presence of the paramagnetic metal centres of 2 and 3 were confirmed by X-band ESR spectroscopy.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ruthenium(II/III) Schiff bases Benz(imidazole/othiazole) Electron spin resonance Structural Electrochemistry
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry
Depositing User:	Mrs Hannah Akinwumi
Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2017 12:14
Last Modified:	23 Jan 2017 12:14
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/7636

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