Electrical conductivity, electronic absorption, IR and NMR studies on some ethyl cyanoacetate phenylhydrazones and their lanthanide complexes

The electrical conductivities and the electronic, IR and NMR spectra were measured for some ethyl cyanoacetate phenylhydrazone derivatives and their lanthanide complexes in the temperature range 20–200?C. Semiconducting behaviour was detected for these systems (positive dσ/dT). A correlation was established between the electrical properties and the structures of the free ligand molecules and their complexes. The mechanism of the conduction process was evaluated. The electronic absorption spectra in ethanol were measured and are discussed. Elemental analyses were performed and the IR and NMR spectra (of the diamagnetic complexes) were measured to throw more light on the structures of these complexes.