A New Manganese(III) Complex from Bis(5‐methylsalicylaldehyde)‐3‐oxapentane‐1,5‐diamine: Synthesis, Characterization, Antioxidant Activity and Luminescence

Abstract

A Schiff base ligand bis(5-methylsalicylaldehyde)-3-oxapentane-1,5-diamine (H2L) has been prepared. Reaction of the shape-specific designed ligand with MnAc2 afforded a new complex, namely, [Mn2L2Ac2] 1. The ligand and complex 1 were characterized by physic-chemical and spectroscopic methods. The crystal structure of complex 1 has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. It reveals a centrosymmetric binuclear neutral entity, in which Mn(III) ion is bridged by two ligand L and six-coordinated with the coordination surround of distorted octahedron geometry. The antioxidant activities of the ligand and complex 1 were in vitro determined by superoxide and hydroxyl radical scavenging methods, which indicates that the complex 1 exhibits better scavenging activity of hydroxyl radical and superoxide radical than the ligand. Moreover, under the excitation at room temperature, luminescence studies have been carried out on solution-state samples. The result of their fluorescence properties shows that the strong and characteristic luminescence for the ligand and complex. The complex 1 exhibited intense shift in the fluorescence band compare to the ligand attributed to the coupled effect of the metal and the ligand. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.