Cobalt(II/III), nickel(II) and copper(II) coordination clusters employing a monoanionic Schiff base ligand : Synthetic, topological and computational mechanistic aspects

Loukopoulos, Edward and Berkoff, Benjamin and Griffiths, Kieran and Keeble, Victoria and Dokorou, Vassiliki N. and Tsipis, Athanassios C. and Escuer, Albert and Kostakis, George E. (2015) Cobalt(II/III), nickel(II) and copper(II) coordination clusters employing a monoanionic Schiff base ligand : Synthetic, topological and computational mechanistic aspects. CrystEngComm, 17 (35). pp. 6753-6764. ISSN 1466-8033

Abstract

Nine mono-, di- and tetranuclear coordination clusters (M = CoII/III, NiII, CuII) using a monoanionic Schiff base ligand were synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. A series of transformations occur in the ligand in certain compounds for which theoretical studies are presented. Synthetic aspects, topological issues and magnetic studies are discussed.