Cobalt (II) Complexes with Tri- and Tetradentate Schiff Bases Derived From 2-Furyl Glyoxal and Some Amines

Coordination compounds of cobalt (II) with four new schiff bases of furyl glyoxal, 2-furyl-methyl-2′-carboxylato ketoanil (2 FMCKA), 2-furyl glyoxal ethyenediimine (2 FGED), 2-furyl giyoxal-2′-sulphonic acid anil (2 FGSAA) and 2-furyl glyoxal-2′-chloro-4-nitro anilimimine (2 FGCNA) were prepared and characterised with the help of elemental analyses, magnetic measurements, infra-red and electonic spectral data. Various ligand field parameters such as 10 Dq, B & C, F² & F⁴, f² & f⁴, h, B° etc. and transition energies ν₁;, ν₂ & ν₃, were calculated with the help of electronic spectral data. The ν(C=N) bands in the IR spectra of all the ligands are lowered in complexation indicating nitrogen coordination of the ligands. All these studies indicate that cobalt(II) ion is in a distorted octahedral environment.