Research Article

Synthesis and Characterisation of New Symmetrical Binucleating Ligands and Their Binuclear Copper(II) Complexes

Table 1

Electronic spectral data for the complexes (in methanol).

No. Complexes LMCTLLCT
(nm) ( , M−1 cm−1)

1 Cu2L1(OAc) ClO4·2H2O650 (184)388 (1270)288 (15 800)
248 (19 500)
2 Cu2L2(OAc) ClO4·2H2O664 (297)436 (1330)288 (15 500)
246 (19 700)
3 Cu2L1(Benz) ClO4·2H2O650 (143)390 (687)292 (10 900)
242 (18 600)
4 Cu2L2(Benz) ClO4·2H2O645 (220)396 (1200)287 (15 200)
248 (17 200)
5 Cu2L1Cl2 ·2H2O650 (290)420 (1310)284 (14 100)
244 (19 800)
6 Cu2L2Cl2 ·2H2O638 (249)412 (540)286 (12 500)
238 (13 000)
7 Cu2L1(ClO4)2 ·2H2O657 (208)405 (sh)287 (14 700)
235 (16 300)
8
Cu2L2(ClO4)2 ·2H2O658 (192)410 (sh)285 (13 300)
234 (14 900)

CT: charge transfer, Sh: shoulder.