Thermal Studies of Copper(II) Squarate Complexes of Diamines in the Solid State

CuL₂C₄O₄ [L=ethane-1,2-diamine (en)], CuL₂C₄O₄⋅2H₂O [L=N-methylethane-1,2-diamine (meen), N-ethylethane-1,2-diamine (eten),N-propylethane-1,2-diamine (pren), N-methyl-N’-ethylethane- 1,2-diamine (meeten) andpropane-1,2-diamine (pn)], CuL₂C₄O₄⋅0.5H₂O [L=N,N’-dimethylethane- 1,2-diamine (dmeen)], CuL₂C₄O₄⋅4H₂O [L=propane-1,2-diamine (pn)]and CuL₂C₄O₄⋅H₂O[L=2-methylpropane-1,2-diamine (ibn)] have been synthesized by the addition of respective diamine to finely powdered CuC₄O₄⋅2H₂O and their thermal studies have been carried out in the solid state. Cu(en)₂C₄O₄ upon heating loses one molecule of diamine with shar pcolour change yielding Cu(en)C₄O₄ which upon further heating transforms to unidentified products. All aquated-bis-diamine species [CuL₂C₄O₄⋅2H₂O, CuL₂C₄O₄⋅0.5H₂O and CuL₂C₄O₄⋅H₂O] upon heating undergo deaquation–anation reaction in the solid state showing thermochromism and transform to CuL₂C⁴O₄, which revert on exposure to humid atmosphere (RH ∼90%). All the squarato bis-diamine species, CuL₂C₄O₄, on further heating transform to unidentified products through the formation of CuLC₄O₄ as intermediates. The mono diamine species, have been isolated pyrolytically in the solid state and can be stored in a desiccator as well as in open atmosphere. They are proposed to be polymeric. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.