Reactions of 2-(1-carboxyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)thiazolidine with chromium(III) salts leading to newer synthesis of chromium(III) complexes

Reactions of 2-(L-carboxyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)thiazolidine with different chromium(III) salts CrCl₃?·?6H₂O, K₃Cr(SCN)₆], NH₄Cr(NH₃)₂(SCN)₄]?·?H₂O, Cr(urea)₆]Cl₃?·?3H₂O and Cr(CH₃COO)₂H₂O]₂] under varied reaction conditions afforded many new mixed-ligand chromium(III) complexes. The ligand is a tridentate dibasic NSO donor except for complexes 1 and 4 where two moles of the ligand are present for each molecule of complex, one functioning as a dibasic tridentate (NSO) and the other as a monobasic bidentate (NS) (phenolic OH and carboxylic COOH groups remaining uncoordinated). The complexes have been characterized by elemental analyses, magnetic susceptibilities, molar conductances, molecular weights and spectroscopic (IR, Uv-vis) data. The ligand field parameters and NSH Hamiltonian parameters suggest tetragonal geometries of the complexes.