Electroorganic synthesis of the metal chelates of a novel ligand: Acetylacetone

University Department of Chemistry, Ranchi University, Ranchi-834 008, Jharkhand, India

E-mail: malamgold@yahoo.in, shreyagorai.gorai@gmail.com

Manuscript received online 12 August 2019, revised 03 November 2019, accepted 04 November 2019

Chelated coordination compounds of Cu and Zn were synthesized by electrolyzing the aqueous solution of acetone, methanol, ammonia and ligand (acetylacetone) at sacrificial Cu/Zn anode and inert platinum cathode. Gram quantities of complex can be produced in a few hours. Electrochemical synthesis of complexes formulating M₂L₄ .(H₂O)_n and ML₂ where (M = Cu, Zn), L = acetylacetone were synthesized. The structural features of these complexes are characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectral data, atomic absorption spectroscopy and thermal spectral data.