Complexes of Schiff base 2-aminothiophenolsalicylidine and some neutral ligand with manganese-, cobalt- and zinc(II)

Department of Chemistry, Regional Engineering College, Rourkela-769 008, India

Manuscript received 7 December 1998, accepted 18 December 1998

The complexes of Schiff base 2-aminothiophenolsalicylidine having the stoichiometry MLX₃, where M = Mn^II, Co^II, and MLX, where M = Zn^II, L = ligand, X = neutral ligand (pyridine, quinoline, isoquinoline and \(\gamma\)-picoline) have been prepared. The ir spectra reveal tridentate nature of the Schiff base ligand and coordinated through N-atom of neutral ligand. The electronic spectra suggest the octahedral geometry except Zn^II which is tetrahedral. All the complexes except the complexes of Zn^ll are paramagnetic.