Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Thermal and Catalytic Properties of Four New Metal (II) Complexes with Selected N- and O-Donor Ligands

Agnieszka Czylkowska; Bartłomiej Rogalewicz; Anita Raducka; Natalia Błaszczyk; Tomasz Maniecki; Kinga Wieczorek; Paweł Mierczyński

doi:10.3390/ma13143217

Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Thermal and Catalytic Properties of Four New Metal (II) Complexes with Selected N- and O-Donor Ligands

Materials (Basel). 2020 Jul 20;13(14):3217. doi: 10.3390/ma13143217.

Authors

Agnieszka Czylkowska¹, Bartłomiej Rogalewicz¹, Anita Raducka¹, Natalia Błaszczyk¹, Tomasz Maniecki¹, Kinga Wieczorek¹, Paweł Mierczyński¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland.

Abstract

Four solid compounds with formulae: Co(OAc)₂(Im)·H₂O (I), Ni(OAc)₂(Im)_1.5·2H₂O (II), Cu₂(OAc)₄(Im) (III) and Zn(OAc)₂(Im)·H₂O (IV) (where: Im = 1H-Imidazole) were prepared and characterized by chemical and elemental analysis, powder X-ray diffraction patterns and FTIR spectroscopy. Catalytic properties of each complex for styrene oxidation reaction were investigated. Furthermore, thermal properties of compounds were studied using the TG-DTG and DSC techniques under dry air atmosphere. Additionally, volatile thermal decomposition and fragmentation products were also investigated using the TG-FTIR spectra in air.

Keywords: DSC; TG-DTG; TG-FTIR; XRD; acetates; catalyst; imidazole; metal (II) complexes; styrene oxidation.