- Title
- Synthesis and characterisation of lanthanide complexes with potential nitrogen- and oxygen-donor schiff base ligands
- Creator
- Pikoli, Sibongile
- Subject
- Rare earths
- Subject
- Schiff bases
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/47050
- Identifier
- vital:39778
- Description
- This research describes the coordination chemistry of lanthanide complexes with potentially multidentate nitrogen- and oxygen-donor Schiff base derivatives. The studies were performed using various physico-chemical techniques including melting point, IR and NMR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, elemental analyses, conductivity measurements, X-ray crystallography and cyclic voltammetry. The reaction of [Ln(NO3)3·xH2O] (Ln = Nd, Gd, Yb; x = 6 for Nd and Gd, x = 5 for Yb) with the flexible salen-type Schiff base ligand 1,3-bis(o-hydroxybenzylideneamino)propane (H2L1) produced three polynuclear complexes with the general formulae {[Nd(µH2L1)4(NO3)3]·2H2O}n and [Ln(µ-H2L1)2(NO3)6(H2L1)] (Ln = Gd and Yb). Single-crystal Xray crystallography revealed a ten-coordinate polymeric Nd(III) complex that crystallised in the monoclinic space group P21/c, and isostructural nine-coordinate binuclear Gd(III) and Yb(III) complexes (triclinic system, space group P-1). The lanthanide contraction effect is clear across the series. The flexible nature of HL2 results in the self-assembly of the Nd(III) complex in a 1D polymer chain by acting as the bridge between the metal ions. The Nd-Ophenolate bond distances are 2.403(18), 2.463(17), 2.379(17) and 2.367(19) Å and the average Nd-Onitrate bond length is 2.671 Å. Furthermore, the electronic absorption spectra displays 4f→4f transitions solely for the neodymium(III) compound. The syntheses and characterisation of the lanthanide complexes, [La(HL2)3(NO3)3], [Dy(HL2)2(NO3)3] and [Dy(HL2)2Cl3(H2O)]·2CH2Cl2 with the o-vanillin-derived Schiff base ligand 2-methoxy-6-[(E)-(phenylimino)methyl]phenol (HL2) are reported. The nitro-stabilised La(III) and Dy(III) compounds are ten-coordinate with metabidiminished icosahedron and sphenocorona geometries, respectively. Substitution of the nitrate with chloride ions in the starting metal compounds yielded an eight-coordinate Dy(III) complex that adopts the biaugmented trigonal prism geometry. For all three complexes, HL2 exists as a zwitterion that is bound to the metal centre in a mono- and bidentate fashion via the phenolate and methoxy oxygen atoms. The dysprosium(III) chloride complex is stabilised by both intramolecular N−H···O and intermolecular O−H···C1 hydrogen bonds, while the crystal packing of the Ln(III) nitrate complexes is ensured by mainly intramolecular N−H···O hydrogen bonds. Fluorescence studies displayed characteristic Dy(III) f→f transitions (4F9/2 → 6H15/2), which suggest the ligand HL2 is an effective organic antenna to absorb and transfer energy to the dysprosium ion. A series of mononuclear Nd(III) complexes with the Schiff base derivatives 2-methoxy-6-[(E)(phenylimino)methyl]phenol (HL2), 5-methoxy-2-[(E)-(phenylimino)methyl]phenol (HL3) and 2-methoxy-6-{(E)-[(2-methoxyphenyl)imino]methyl}phenol (HL4) yielded structurally diverse complexes defined by the formulae [Nd(HL2)2(NO3)3], [Nd(HL3)3(NO3)3] and [Nd(HL4)2(NO3)3]·CH3OH. Crystallographic analysis shows HL2 and HL4 coordinate bidentately via the phenolate and methoxy oxygen atoms, while HL3 is bound monodentately through the phenolate oxygen atom. Continuous shape measures depict that the decacoordinate complexes with HL2 and HL4 conform to the sphenocorona and tetradecahedron geometries, respectively, whilst the nona-coordinate Nd(III) complex with HL3 exhibits the muffin geometry. The effect of the ligand substituents and their positions (meta versus para) on the absorption and emission intensities of the complexes is demonstrated. Additionally, the electrochemical behaviour of the o-vanillin-derived Schiff base ligands and their complexes was also investigated, and the results illustrate ligand-based reductions and metal-centred redox potentials that are significantly shifted by the ligand substituents.
- Format
- vi, 128 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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