Nickel(II) and palladium(II) chelates of dehydroacetic acid Schiff bases derived from thiosemicarbazide and hydrazinecarbodithioate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1139/v94-226

Dehydroacetic acid Schiff bases DAE (1) and DATS (2) were isolated from the reaction of dehydroacetic acid (2-acetyl-5-hydroxy-3-oxo-4-hexenoic acid-δ-lactone) with hydrazine-S-methylcarbodithioate and the corresponding acid amide, thiosemicarbazide, respectively. Reaction of such Schiff bases with nickel(II) and palladium(II) ions afforded the dimeric monoligand chelates [M(DAE-2H)]₂ and [M(DATS-2H)]₂; M = Ni(II) or Pd(II). In the presence of monodentate Lewis bases, B, square-planar chelates [M(DAE-2H)B] and [M(DATS-2H)B], in which B = pyridine or triphenylphosphine, were isolated. The stoichiometry and structure of the isolated organic ligands and their chelates were confirmed through elemental analyses, molecular weight determination, and infrared, ultraviolet-visible, and ¹H and ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.