Peroxo complexes of zirconium(IV), thorium(IV), molybdenum(VI), tungsten(VI) and uranium(VI) containing two quadridentate onno Schiff bases
摘要:
Some new peroxo complexes of molybdenum, tungsten, uranium, zirconium and thorium containing quadridentate, dinegative Schiff base ligands have been synthesized and characterized. The Schiff bases C20H14N2O2H2 and C14H10N2O2H2 were derived from the condensation of o-phenylenediamine or hydrazine hydrate with salicylaldehyde, respectively. The Schiff bases undergo deprotonation, while complexation having ONNO donor sequences producing complexes of compositions [M(O)(O2)(ONNO)] and [M'(O2) (ONNO)] [M = Mo(VI), W(VI) and U(VI); M' = Zr(IV) and Th(IV); ONNO = C20H14N2O2(2-) and C14H10N2O2(2-)]. The chelate effect of the quadridentate ligands stabilizes the metal-peroxo moiety which prevents oxygen transfer reactions to both organic and inorganic substrates. The sigma-donor nature of the quadridentate ligands influences the mode of coordination of the peroxo moiety. The frequency of the nu-1 mode of the M(O2) grouping decreases with an increase in the atomic number of the metals in a particular group.