Preparation and characterisation of copper,cobalt and nickel complexes of tetradentate N6 macrocyclic ligand

Macrocyclic complexes of copper, nickel and cobalt were synthesised via template reactions. These 14-membered N₆ tetradentate macrocyclic complexes were characterised by magnetic, conductance, electronic and IR spectral studies. The macrocyclic ligand coordinates through the four azomethine nitrogen atoms which are bridged by 2,3-butanedione, moieties, but far IR spectra suggest that the pyridine nitrogens are not coordinated. These macrocyclic complexes are considered to have distorted octahedral configurations.