Cobalt,Nickel and Copper Complexes of Benzylamino-p-chlorophenylglyoxime. Thermal and thermodynamic data

Vic-dioxime ligandsand their metal complexes are used in analytical, bio, pigment and medicinal chemistry. Complexes of nickel(II), copper(II), and cobalt(II) with benzylamino-p-chlorophenylglyoxime (BpCPG) are synthesised. Thermal behaviour of these complexes was studied in dynamic nitrogen atmosphere by DTA, DTG and TG techniques. GC-MS combined system was used to identify the products during pyrolytic decomposition. The pyrolytic end products were identified by X-ray powder diffraction. Thermoanalytical data of these complexes are presented in this communication. Interpretation and mathematical analysis of these data and evaluation of order of reaction, the energy and entropy of activation based on the integral method using the Coats-Redfern equation and the approximation method using the Horowitz-Metzger equation are also given. The metal complexes undergo decomposition in three stages and metal oxides remained as end products of the complexes. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.