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2012). Here, we have designed a new Schiff base ligand,
namely 6-chloro-2-{(E)-[(pyridin-2-yl)methylimino]methyl}-
phenol (L1), containing a 2-picolyl group, and synthesized a
ZnII complex incorporating this ligand, viz [Zn2(L1)2-
(CH3COO)2]ꢀCHCl3, (I). The structural and luminescence
properties of (I) were examined to establish its potential as a
fluorescence emitter in electroluminescent devices.
ISSN 0108-2701
Different ZnII cation coordination
geometries in di-l-acetato-bis{2-
chloro-6-[(pyridine-2-ylmethylimino)-
methyl]phenol}dizinc(II) chloroform
monosolvate
Young-Inn Kim,a Jin Young Lee,a Young-Kwang Songa and
Sung Kwon Kangb*
aDepartment of Chemistry Education and Department of Chemical Materials,
Graduate School, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea, and
bDepartment of Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764,
Republic of Korea
2. Experimental
Received 17 August 2013
Accepted 3 October 2013
2.1. Synthesis and crystallization
In the title compound, di-ꢀ-acetato-ꢁ2O:O;ꢁ2O:O0-bis[(6-
chloro-2-{(E)-[(pyridin-2-yl)methylimino]methyl}phenolato-
ꢁ3N,N0,O)zinc(II)], [Zn2(C13H10ClN2O)2(C2H3O2)2]ꢀCHCl3,
the ZnII cation adopts a five-coordinate geometry and is
coordinated by two N atoms and one O atom of a tridentate
6-chloro-2-{(E)-[(pyridin-2-yl)methylimino]methyl}phenolate
ligand and two O atoms of two bridging acetate groups, but
their coordination geometries differ. One ZnII cation adopts a
distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry and the other a
square-pyramidal geometry. The two acetate ligands bridge
two ZnII cations with mono- and bidentate coordination
modes. The title compound exhibits a strong emission at
460 nm upon excitation at 325 nm with a quantum yield of
23.1%.
For the preparation of ligand L1, 2-picolylamine (0.54 g,
5 mmol) was added to a solution of 3-chloro-2-hydroxy-
benzaldehyde (0.785 g, 5 mmol) in methanol (30 ml) and the
resulting solution stirred at 303 K for 3 h. A brown oil was
obtained after evaporation. The pure ligand was obtained as a
yellow powder by recrystallization from a solution in chloro-
form–hexane (1:6 v/v) (yield 1.16 g, 94%).
For the preparation of the title compound, (I), a methanol
solution (30 ml) of the Schiff base ligand L1 (1.23 g, 5 mmol)
was added to a methanol solution (10 ml) of zinc acetate
(1.095 g, 5 mmol) and the resulting solution stirred at 303 K
for 3 h. The yellow powder which formed was filtered off and
washed with hexane (yield 0.88 g, 24%). Yellow crystals of (I)
were obtained by recrystallization from a solution in chloro-
form–hexane (1:1 v/v) at room temperature. Analysis calcu-
lated for C30H26Cl2N4O6Zn2: C 48.67, H 3.54, N 7.57,
O 12.97%; found: C 48.65, H 3.56, N 7.36, O 12.75%.
Keywords: crystal structure; zinc(II) complexes; dinuclear
complexes.
2.2. Refinement
1. Introduction
Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement
details are summarized in Table 1. All H atoms were posi-
tioned geometrically and refined using a riding model, with
Schiff base ligands have been studied extensively in coordi-
nation chemistry due to their facile syntheses, easily tunable
steric and electronic properties, and good solubility in
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C—H = 0.93–0.98 A, and with Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(C) for methyl
H atoms or 1.2Ueq(C) otherwise. The maximum and minimum
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common solvents (Gumrukc¸u et al., 2012; Tong et al., 2013).
Group 12 metal complexes containing Schiff base ligands
attract research interest due to their potential applications,
including as emitting materials for organic light-emitting
diodes, light-harvesting materials for photocatalysis and
fluorescent sensors for organic or inorganic analytes (Chavan
& Bharate, 2013; Kuai et al., 2013). Recently, we synthesized
Zn and Hg complexes with Schiff base ligands and reported
their structural properties (Kim & Kang, 2010; Kim et al., 2011,
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residual electron-density peaks were located 0.93 and 0.72 A,
respectively, from atom Cl46.
3. Results and discussion
The photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the Schiff base ligand
L1 and its ZnII complex, (I), were investigated at room
temperature. Complex (I) exhibits a strong emission at 460 nm
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