Three new homoleptic nickel(II) 1,1-dithiocarbamate complexes: synthesis,structure, electrical conductivity and DFT study

Abstract

Three new homoleptic complexes of nickel having the formula Ni(L1)₂] L1?=?C₁₄H₁₄N₁O₂S₂^-, N-(4-methoxybenzyl)(furfuryl)methane dithiocarbamate] (1), Ni(L2)₂] L2?=?C₁₇H₁₈N₁O₂S₂^–, N-bis(4-methoxybenzyl)methane dithiocarbamate] (2) and Ni(L3)₂] L3?=?C₁₉H₂₁N₁O₁S₂^-, N-(4-isopropylbenzyl)(4-methoxybenzyl)methane dithiocarbamate] (3), have been designed, synthesized, and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, ¹H and ¹³C NMR and UV-visible absorption spectra showing that all complexes having analogous geometry and coordination number. The molecular structure of 2 is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray crystallography, which indicates that +2 charges on the metal ion (Ni²⁺) are balanced by dithiocarbamate anion. The X-ray analysis for 2 reveals a distorted square planar geometry around Ni²⁺ ion. Both C?–?H···S and intermolecular C–H···Ni interactions are the only artifact for the resulting Ni-dithiocarbamate architecture in 2. The electrical conductivity measurement between temperatures range of 303–393 K reflects that all complexes exhibit weak semiconducting behavior. Powder XRD, EDAX, and SEM spectra confirm the formation of NiS as thermal decomposition product in 1–3. The crystalline size of samples 1–3 was found to be 20.31?nm, 20.97?nm, and 20.39?nm, respectively.