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THE PROPERTIES OF SOME COMPLEXES AND SALTS CONTAINING THE MALONATE OR THE C-SUBSTITUTED MALONATE GROUP. A thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Science of the University of London by SOROUR AMIRHAERI July 1981 Bedford College, London ProQuest Number: 10098399 All rights reserved INF0RMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed a note will indicate the deletion. uest. ProQuest 10098399 Published by ProQuest LLC(2016). Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. ProQuest LLC 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.Q. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to thank my supervisor. Dr. M.E. Farago, for her constant help and encouragement, and also Professor G.H. Williams, the academic staff, particularly Dr. K.E. Hewlett for his valuable assistance, and the technical staff of the Department of Chemistry, Bedford College. My thanks are due to Dr. G. Marriner of the Geology Department, Bedford College, for all her help with the X-ray diffraction experiments. Professor T. Blundell of Birkbeck College for the use of single-crystal photograph facilities, Mr. I. Sayer, Birkbeck College for Môssbauer spectra and also Mr. A. Taha, Imperial College for his assistance with computer graphics. The Educational Department of the Iranian Government is thanked for the award of a studentship, 1975-1978. ABSTRACT Methods have been devised for the preparation of some malonate and C-subs ti tu ted malonate salts and complexes with various metal ions. The solid state ultraviolet, visible and infrared spectra have been measured and discussed with respect to the bonding of the compounds. Infrared spectra studies confirmed that all complexes involve bonding through the carboxyl oxygen. Infrared analysis of these complexes -1 confirmed the presence of two bands between 1600-1500 cm and 1400-1350 cm This differs frcxn the position of such bands in the free acids, which upon coordination causes these bands to be shifted to lower or higher frequencies. The formation of these complexes through the carboxyl oxygen atoms has been confirmed from the X-ray analysis. The visible electronic spectra of the transition metal complexes indicated the most probable stereochemical shapes of the metal ion. The magnetic properties of Cu(II), N i (II), Co(II), Fe(III), Mn(III) and Cr(III) complexes of malonate, ethyl and benzylmalonate were studied over a wide range of temperatures. The magnetic susceptibilities of all the compounds were found to be normal. Hence the Curie-Weiss Law was obeyed. The Mossbauer spectra of iron(III)malonate, ethyl and benzylmalonate complexes exhibited a similar pattern characteristic of a high-spin octahedral structure. X-ray crystallographic data of Zn(II), Cd(II), Ca(II), Ba(II), Co(III) and A1(III)malonate and Zn(II) ethylmalonate complexes are reported. However, X-ray powder photographs of Zn(II) malonate confirmed it asisomorphous with Co(II) and N i (II)malonate. The crystal structure of Al(III) maIonato complexes were studied by the single-crystal method and the cell parameters were obtained. 1 13 Finally, H n.m.r. and C n.m.r. of some malonic acids and the chelated malonate group and the exchange of a-protons with deuterium frcxn the solvent D^O are reported. CONTENTS Page No, CHAPTER I; INTRODUCTION 6 1 Investigations of the structure of malonate 6 compounds 2 X-ray powder studies of bivalent metal malonates 17 3 Malonates of tervalent metals 20 References 31 CHAPTER II: PREPARATIVE METHODS 33 1 Metal malonate compounds 33 2 Metal ethylmalonate compounds 38 3 Metal benzylmalonate compounds 44 References 52 CHAPTER III: VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY 53 1 Introduction 53 2 Experimental methods 54 3 Results and discussion 54 References 66 CHAPTER IV; INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY 69 1 Introduction 69 2 Results and discussion 73 3 Malonato metal compounds 73 4 Ethylmalonato metal compounds 83 5 Benzylmalonato metal compounds 92 References 104 Page No. CHAPTER V: MAGNETOCHEMISTRY 106 1 Introduction 106 2 Experimental 112 3 Diamagnetic susceptibility and diamagnetic 115 correcting constants 4 Results and discussion 117 References 165 CHAPTER VI; X-RAY DIFFRACTION THEORY 168 1 The general nature of crystals 168 2 X-rays and crystal structure 170 3 Determination of the crystal structure 174 4 Principles of X-ray powder photographs 175 5 Experimental and results 182 References 210 CHAPTER VII; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY 211 1 Introduction. Theory and application 211 2 Results and discussion 214 References 218 CHAPTER VIII; ^H AND ^^C NMR STUDIES OF DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS 219 AND THEIR METAL (III) COMPLEXES 1 Introduction 219 2 Results and discussion 220 References 229 CHAPTER IX; GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 230 PUBLICATIONS 237 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Investigations of the structure of malonate compounds* There has been recent interest in the malonate group, Malonate ion, OOC-CHg-COO, exhibits flexible stereochemistry and variable modes of binding with metal ions. It is known from 1 2 the literature ' that malonic acid may chelate with the co ordinated atoms to form four-membered as well as six-membered rings. However, there is a decided preference for six-membered chelate ring formation by malonate except in Ca(II)^ and Nd(III) complexes,^ where only four-membered chelate rings are formed. X-ray structural analysis has shown that the conformation of the six-membered malo nato chelate ring is greatly dependent on its environment in the 1 4-7 solid state, * The boat conformation appears to be the most common in malonate structures,^’^ but the chair conformation has been observed.However, the variety of observed bridging interactions underlines their importance in carboxylate metal crystalline structures. These bridged bonds are probably responsible for the extensive polymeric units commonly found in such derivatives and are obviously important in determining the crystalline structures, Lanthanoid compounds The conformationsof the malonate ion in lanthanoid malonate complexes have been studied in a series of X-ray investiga tions involving Nd^ mal^. Nd^ mal^. ôHgO^ and Eu^ mal^. SHgO,^^ 10 In Eu 2 (mal)^,8H20 there are three different europium(III) malonate stereochemistries; both four and six-membered chelate * The references for this section are on pages 31 and 32. 7. 'W5' »Eu2' lEul iWJ W6" 126 127 12323 J54 123 1-47' 155 125 (a) W6 )W5' iEu2' Eul '130 (b) 148, .05'5 Li gan d 2Ligand 1 Ligand 2Ligand Ligand 3 Fig. 1.1. (a) The coordination around Eu ions. 10 (b) The three malonate ions in Eu^(mal)^.SH^O 8. ringsand extensive bridging. The two europium ions have different coordination numbers. One europium is surrounded by nine oxygen atoms contributed by three malonatp groups and. three water molecules, O with Eu-O in the range 2.37-2.84A. The other europium is surrounded by eight oxygens contributed by four malonate groups and two water O molecules with Eu-O bond distances in the range 2.37-2.48A. The malonate ions form six-membered chelate rings with europium. The rings formed by ligand No. 1 and 2 have a boat conformation with the europium ion and the methylene carbon atom at the same side of the OCCO-plane, while the ring formed by ligand 3 adoptsa chair conformation with the europium ion and methylene carbon atom at opposite sides of the OCCO-plane. The three malonate ions, together with the coordination around the Eu are indicated in Figure 1.1. Basic Scandium malonate In basic scandium malonate^^ Sc (OH)mal.211^0 the malonate ion forms a six-membered chelate ring with the Sc ion. Each Sc ion is octahedrally surrounded by three carboxylate oxygens contributed by two malonate ions, two hydroxy oxygens and one water oxygen. The structure is composed of infinite Sc-hydroxo malonate chains which are linked by hydrogen bonds. Within each chain the Sc ions are bonded i-n pairs by double oxygen bridges formed by the hydroxy ions, and the Sc pairs are in turn linked by carboxylate bridges Sc-O(l) C(l) 0(2)-Sc*. The bond distances and angles within the malonate are 9 similar to other malonate structures. These are shown in Figure 1.2b. Calcium malonate The conformation of the malonate ligand in calcium malonate^ differs considerably from that found in other metal malonate compounds where only four-membered rings are formed. The structure of calcium rVIII -VII 11 Fig,1.2. (a) The coordination in Sc malonate.2 H 2 O 124, 125 J 5 3 (b) T27 123 (b) The band distances (A) and angles (®) within the malonate ion in Sc malonate.2H^0 . 10. malonate dihydrate is reported (Briggman and Oskarsson, 1977^; Karipides et al; 1977^). Although the coordination of the malonate was the same in both investigations, the crystal data are slightly different. The crystal data reported by Karipides et al^ were confirmed in this investigation (see chapter VI for the basic salt). It seems very probable therefore that the calcium malonate dihydrate reported by both sets of workers is really the basic salt since their X-ray structural data on this compound have not been accompanied by chemical analysis proving the identity of the compound. The calcium ion in this compound is eight coordinated^'^ and is bound to six oxygen atoms from four different malonate ions and two water molecules. All four oxygen atoms of a malonate ligand participate in binding Ca(II)ions.