Magnetic Moments and d–d Bands of <i>N</i>-<i>n</i>-Propanolsalicylaldiminato-copper(II)

Abstract

Abstract The reaction of cupric acetate with the reaction mixture of γ-aminopropyl alcohol and substituted salicylaldehydes in ethanol gave dimeric copper(II) complexes. The postulated structure of these complexes makes it possible to test the substituent effect transmitted to the coordinating atoms which are not in the superexchange pathway between copper-(II) ions in a pair. The magnetic moments observed at room temperature were corrected for the temperature variations to those at 25°C by graphic method based on Bleaney and Bowers’ equation. The observed substituent effect on the relation between μeff25°C and λmax is different from that observed for dimeric cupric halides complexes of substituted pyridine N-oxides. In these complexes the substituent effect transmits to the bridging oxygen atom in the superexchange pathway. As compared with the parent complex (H), methyl, chloro and benzo groups weakened the magnetic interaction but nitro group strengthened it. An interpretation of the substituent effect is given based on the idea of the mutual influences on the coordinate bonds.