Coordination ability of 3-pyridinyl coumarins with palladium(II) and platinum(II)

The coordination ability of two 3-pyridinyl coumarins with Pd(II) and Pt(II) both in solution and in solid state is elucidated by conventional and linear-polarized IR-spectroscopy of oriented colloid suspensions in nematic liquid crystal, ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR, UV-Vis spectroscopy, positive and negative ion mass spectrometry (ESI), HPLC tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC ESI MS/MS), TGV, and DSC methods. The four metal complexes are compared with free ligands. Density functional theory calculations are performed to obtain the electronic structure and vibrational properties of the compounds to support the experimental data.