Study of Infrared and Electronic Spectra Of N-Exadecyl-8-hydroxy-2-quinolinecarboxamide Complexes

The infrared and electronic spectra of twelve amphiphilic complexes of N-hexadecyl-8-hydroxy-2-quinoline carboxamide (HL) have been investigated. In IR spectra a linear relationship between the v (C-O) frequency in C-O-M bond of the complexes and the relative atomic weight of the central metal ions and a linear relationship between the v (C-O) frequency and the ionization potential of the central metal (M →M²⁺(g)+2e) were obtained. These complexes appeared to fall into two groups. One is the complexes of closed-shell metal ions such as Ca(II), Mg(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Al(III), La(III) and Gd(III) ion, the other is the complexes of transitional metal ions such as Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) ion. All these complexes can form stable monolayer and can be deposited as uniform LB films.