Structural, Spectroscopic, Magnetic and Electrochemical Studies of Monomer N-Substituted Copper (II) Complex with 2,2′-Bipyridine

Abstract

(Chemical Equation Presented). A novel copper (II) complex of sulfamethazine (4-amino-N-[4,6-dimethyl-2-pyrimidinyl] benzene sulfonamide, Hsmz)([Cu(smz)<inf>2</inf>bipy]·0.8H<inf>2</inf>O; bipy: 2,2′-bipyridine) has been synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, EPR, IR, UV-vis and electrochemical methods. The single crystal X-ray analysis indicated that the compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with Z = 4. The central copper (II) ion is coordinated by two bidentate sulfamethazine anions through the nitrogen atoms together with one bidentate 2,2′-bipyridine ligand forming the octahedral geometry. The characteristic vibration bands support the X-ray analysis results. The EPR spectral analysis has led to that the ground state wave function of the unpaired electron of copper ion is d<inf>x2-y2</inf> (2B<inf>1g</inf> state) and also indicated that the metal ions are located in distorted octahedral sites (D<inf>4h</inf>) elongated along the z-axis. The electrochemical studies of the complex were also carried out to determine the active sites of the ligands. The cyclic and square wave voltammetric techniques have been used to determine the complex. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.