Four mononuclear mixed-ligand complexes of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II),
with saccharin (sac) and pyrazole (Hpz)
were synthesized and characterized on the basis of elemental analysis, FT-IR spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility, thermal analysis data and X-ray diffraction. The [Co(sac)
2(Hpz)
2(H
2O)
2] (
1) and [Ni(sac)
2(Hpz)
2(H
2O)
2] (
2) had similar molecular structures but distinct monoclinic crystal structure types (space group
P2
1/
n for
1 and
P2
1/
c for
2); the members of each pair of ligands
were mutually
trans. The saccharinate ligands
were N-coordinated. The copper complex sho
wed the same coordination environment as the Co and Ni complexes but crystallizes in the triclinic space group
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w)–Cu–O(
w) bonds. The [Zn(sac)
2(pz)
2] complex
was tetrahedrally coordinated and crystallized in the monoclinic space group
C2/
c. Thermal decomposition of the complexes in a nitrogen atmosphere resulted in removal of the
water molecules and pyrazole ligands at relatively lo
w temperature and formation of stable metal saccharinates as intermediates,
which also decomposed at higher temperatures, about 300 °C.