Dynamic metal-ligand coupling in the infrared MCD spectra of the cobalt(II) tetrahalides

The axial single-crystal magnetic circular dichroism spectra of Cs₃ZnCl₅/Co²⁺ and Cs₃ZnBr₅/Co²⁺ have been measured over the 4000–7000 cm^?1 region of the ⁴A₂ → ⁴T₁ (F) transition at ambient and liquid-helium temperature. The B/D and C/D terms obtained give transition moment ratios, 〈t₂∥m∥t₂〉/〈e∥m∥t₂〉, in accord with the value required (?3^{$\text{1}\text{2}$}/2^{$\text{1}\text{2}$}) by a dynamic ligand-polarisation model for d-electron transition probabilities in tetrahedral metal complexes.     

Room temperature synthesis of benzimidazole derivatives using reusable cobalt hydroxide (II) and cobalt oxide (II) as efficient solid catalysts

Here we demonstrate the synthesis of benzimidazoles through the coupling of 1,2-phenylenediamine with aldehydes by using Co(OH)₂ and similarly CoO(II) as efficient solid catalysts in ethanol at room temperature. The Co(OH)₂ solid catalyst gave better yields (82-98%) in short reaction times (4-7 h) than CoO(II) catalyst (80-94%, 6-9 h). These commercially available cheap catalysts are more active than many reported expensive heterogeneous catalysts.     

The thermal properties of the copper(II), nickel(II) and cobalt(II) glycinates

The thermal properties of the Ni(II), Co(II) and Cu(II) complexes of glycine were determined using TG, DTG and DSC techniques. The complexes, MGly₂·nH₂O (n = 1, 2), dehydrated in the temperature range of 75 to 200°C, followed by the decomposition of the anhydrous compounds in the temperature range of 200 to 400°C. The thermal stability of the complexes, as determined by procedural decomposition temperatures, was: Ni(II) >Co(II) >Cu(II).     

Interpretation of the absorption spectra of the hexaaquo cobalt(II) and hexammine cobalt(II) ions

The absorption spectra of the complex ions [Co(H₂O)₆]²⁺ and [Co(NH₃)₆]²⁺ in solution have been studied. The spectra were analyzed after breakdown of the bands into their Gaussian components by means of the formalism of a crystal field with irregular octahedral symmetry. It has been shown that interpretation of the spectra is possible only with allowance for spin-orbital coupling and orthorhombic distortion. The results obtained differ significantly from the published data.     

Temperature dependence of the thermodynamic parameters of cobalt(II) clathrochelate: X-ray diffraction and calorimetric characteristics of the low temperature structural phase transition

The temperature dependence of heat capacity of the polycrystalline sample of cobalt(II) clathrochelate in a range of 6–300 K is studied. Based on the smoothed dependence C _p(T), the entropy and enthalpy values in a temperature range of 8–300 K and their standard values at 298.15 K are calculated. In the C _p(T) curve in a range of 50–70 K, a process is recorded whose entropy and enthalpy are 1.2 J·(K·mol⁻¹) and 68 J·mol⁻¹ respectively. A comparison of the results with the data of a multitemperature X-ray diffraction study makes it possible to attribute this process to the structural phase transition.     

The thermal properties of cobalt(II), nickel(II) and copper(II) iminodiacetates

The thermal properties of the Cu(II), Ni(II) and Co(II) complexes of iminodiacetic acid (H₂IMDA) were determined using TG, DTG and DSC techniques. The complexes, of general formula, MIMDA-2H₂O evolved water of hydration from 50 to 150°C which was followed by the decomposition of the anhydrous complex in the 250 to 400°C temperature range. The thermal stability, as determined by procedural decomposition temperatures, was: Ni(II) >Co(II) >Cu(II). The thermal stability is discussed in terms of IR spectra, ΔH, and ΔS, as well as thermal data.     

The relaxation spectra of nickel(II) and cobalt(II) arginine complexes

The temperature-jump method has been used to determine the nickel(II)- and cobalt(II)-arginine complexation kinetics. In the pH range studied, the neutral form of the ligand, HL, is the attacking, as well as the complexed, ligand species. The reactions reported on are of the type where n = 1, 2, 3 and M is Ni or Co. At 25° and ionic strength 0.1M the association rate constants are: for nickel(II) k₁ = 2.3 × 10³(±20%), k₂ = 2.4 × 10⁴(±20%), k₃ = 3.5 × 10⁴(±40%) M^?1 sec^?1; for cobalt(II) k₁ = 1.5 × 10⁵(±20%), k₂ = 8.7 × 10⁵(±20%), k₃ = 2.0 × 10⁵(±40%) M^?1 sec^?1. Arginine binds to metal ions less well than homologous chelating agents due to the electrostatic repulsion arising from the positively charged terminus of the zwitterion. Kinetically, the effect appears in the association rate constants with nickel reactions more strongly influenced than cobalt.     

The structural organization of oligonuclear cobalt(II,III) and cobalt(III) carboxylates

The review deals with the topology of homonuclear carboxylate complexes of cobalt(II, III) and cobalt(III) whose structures are built from the monocarboxylate anions RCOO^– (R is a radical containing no electron-donating substituents), water, and its deprotonated forms.     

Diazabutadiene cobalt(II) complexes

Summary Studies on the chelates of cobalt(II) with the bidentate ligands 1,4-diphenyl(2,3-dimethyl-1,4-diazabutadiene) (PMB) and 1,4-di(p-methoxyphenyl)-2,3-dimethyl-1,4-diazabutadiene (MPMB) have been carried out. On the basis of elemental analyses, the complexes are [Co(PMB)Cl₂], [Co(PMB)₂(C1O₄)₂], [Co(MPMB)Cl₂] and [Co(MPMB)₂(ClO₄)₂].Both ligands are bidentatevia nitrogen atoms in all the complexes. The magnetic susceptibility and i.r. and u.v.-visible spectra are reported and discussed. The chloro-compounds involving two chlorine ligands and, in the perchlorate compounds, the ClO ₄ ^– groups are bound to the cobalt(II) centre.     

Radiolysis of aqueous solutions of cobalt(II) and cobalt(III)

Radiolysis of aqueous solution of di and trivalent cobalt with 1:2 (bis) carboxymethylaminodiethyltetraacetic acid (EGTA) was investigated, both in absence and in presence of oxygen. A radiolytic mechanism has been proposed. It has been shown that the degradation at the ligand of the chelate is due to OH only.     

Cymantrenecarboxylate complexes of nickel(II) and cobalt(II)

Reactions of cymantrenecarboxylic acid (CO)₃MnC₅H₄COOH (CymCOOH) with Ni(II) and Co(II) pivalates in boiling THF followed by extraction of the products with diethyl ether or benzene and treatment with triphenylphosphine gave the binuclear complexes LM(CymCOO)₄ML (M = Ni (I) and Co (II); L = PPh₃). Treatment of the benzene extract of the intermediate cobalt cymantrenecarboxylate with 2,6-lutidine (L’) yielded the trinuclear complex L’Co(CymCOO)₃Co(CymCOO)₃CoL’ (III). Complex I is antiferromagnetic; μ_eff decreases from 3.7 to 0.9 μ_B in a temperature range from 300 to 2 K. Structures I-III were identified using X-ray diffraction. The frameworks of complexes I and II are like Chinese lanterns, having four carboxylate bridges and axial ligands L (Ni-P, 2.358(1) Å; Co-P, 2.412(2) Å). The metal atoms are not bonded to each other (Ni…Ni, 2.7583(9) Å; Co…Co, 2808 (2) Å). In complex III, either terminal Co atom is coordinated to one ligand L’ (Co-N, 2.059(2) Å). The Co atoms form a linear chain showing no M-M bonds (Co…Co, 3.346(1) Å), in which either terminal Co atom is linked with the central Co atom by three carboxylate bridges (on average, Co_centr-O, 2.164 Å; CO_term-O, 2.094 Å). In one of three carboxylate groups, only one carboxylate O atom serves as a bridge, while the other is bonded to the terminal Co atom only (Co_term-O, 2.094 and 2.389 Å); so this carboxylate group is a bridging and chelating ligand.     

Self-assembled monolayers of cobalt(II)- (4-tert-butylphenyl)-porphyrins: the influence of the electronic dipole on scanning tunneling microscopy images

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of cobalt(II) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-tert-butylphenyl)-porphyrin, a promising material for optical, photoelectrochemical, and chemical sensor applications, were prepared on Au(111) via axial ligation to 4-aminothiophenol, and studied by several surface science techniques. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS) measurements showed the apparent topology of the Au(111) herringbone structure reconstruction, but with bias-dependent contrast images and asymmetric I/V characteristics. Photoelectron spectroscopy confirmed the presence of metalloporphyrins on the surface, whereas near-edge X-ray absorption (NEXAFS) measurements revealed that the porphyrin ring was tilted by about 70 degrees with respect to the surface plane. The above effects are ascribed to the presence of oriented molecular dipole layers between the metal and the organic material as confirmed by a comparison with first-principles density-functional theory calculations. The measured bias-dependent STM profiles have been reproduced by a simple monodimensional tunneling model.     

Nickel(II) and cobalt(II) complexes of rhodanine

Summary Nickel(II) and cobalt(II) complexes of rhodanine (Hrd) were prepared from the metal chloride or acetate and the ligand. With an excess of NH3, the octahedral [Ni(NH₃)₆](Rd)₂ and [Co(NH₃)₅Rd]Rd complexes are ob-tained; use of only two NH₃ equivalents per metal ion yields the Ni(Rd)₂ sd HRd · NH₃ and [Co(Rd)₂ ] · 1.5 H₂O complexes, the first with tetragonally distorted hexacoordination and the second with polymeric octahedral coordination. By using two equivalents of NaOH per metal ion, the binuclear [Ni(Rd)₂][Ni(Rd)₂ · (HRd)₂] · 2 H₂O complex is formed having one diamagnetic planar and one high spin octahedral chromophore. Rhodanine is coordinated through the thiocarbonylic sulphur in the neutral form and through the thiocarbonylic sulphur and the deprotanated nitrogen atoms in the rhodanidato anionic form.     

Reactions of 2-pyridylphenylacetonitrile with copper(II) chloride,copper(II) bromide,cobalt(II) chloride and cobalt(II) bromide

Reaction of 2-pyridylphenylacetonitrile with copper(II) chloride and copper(II) bromide in dry ethanol gives the hitherto unreported compound 1,2-di(cyano,phenyl,2′-pyridyl)ethane. The cobalt halides react with 2-pyridylphenylacetonitrile to form 1:1 complexes containing O-ethyl-2-phenyl-2-(2′-pyridyl)acetimidate as ligand. Removal of the ligand by the action of dry liquid ammonia on the complexes provides a better route to the pure imidate than the well known Pinner method.