A series of copper(II) complexes with tridentate Schiff bases, obtained by the 1:1 condensation of a 4-(p-n-alkoxybenzoyloxy)salicylaldehyde and an aminoalcohol have been prepared and characterized, where the n-alkoxy group is n-propyloxy, n-butyloxy, n-hexyloxy, n-octyloxy, n-hexadecyloxy or n-octadecyloxy and the aminoalcohol is 2-aminoethanol, 3-aminopropanol, (R)- or (S)-2-amino-4-methylpentanol. The nineteen complexes thus synthesized can be classified into two groups, A and B; group A contain a 3-aminopropanol residue and B one of the remaining aminoalcohol residues. Group A members are reddish violet and almost diamagnetic, and it is deduced that these molecules are rod-like in shape and involve a binuclear Cu2O2 central core; group B are blue and paramagnetic, and likely to have a tetranuclear Cu4O4 central core of cubane-like structure and overall disc-like molecular shape. Polarized microscopic, differential scanning calorimetry, and heating X-ray diffractometry measurements were made to study the thermotropic mesomorphism. Polymorphic transitions have been characterized for representative complexes from groups A and B.
通过将4-(对-n-烷氧基苯甲酰氧基)
水杨醛与一种
氨基醇以1:1的比例缩合,制备了一系列三叉施夫碱
铜(II)络合物,并对它们进行了表征,其中n-烷氧基为正丙氧基、正丁氧基、正己氧基、
正辛氧基、
正十六烷氧基或
正十八烷氧基,
氨基醇为2-
氨基
乙醇、3-
氨基
丙醇、(R)-或(S)-2-
氨基-4-甲基
戊醇。由此合成的19种络合物可分为A组和B组;A组含有3-
氨基
丙醇残基,B组含有其余
氨基醇残基之一。A组成员为红紫色且几乎为抗磁性,推断这些分子呈棒状,并包含一个双核Cu2O2中心;B组为蓝色且为顺磁性,可能具有
立方烷状结构的四核Cu4O4中心,整体呈圆盘状分子形状。通过偏振显微镜、差示扫描量热法和加热X射线衍射测量研究了热致性介晶型。对A组和B组中具有代表性的络合物进行了多晶型转变表征。