Mononuclear and polynuclear chelates of picolinoyldithiocarbazate.

Mononuclear and polynuclear chelates of potassium picolinoyldithiocarbazate (KHPcDC) with Mn(II), Fe(ll1), Fe(II), Co(Il), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Hg(II), Pd(II) and U(VI)O2 have been prepared and characterized by chemical and thermal (TG, DTG, DTA) analyses, molar conductivities, spectral (UV-Visible, IR, NMR, ESR) and magnetic moment measurements. The molar conductivities of the complexes lie in the non-electrolyte range whilst KHPcDC is a 1:1 electrolyte. Changes in selected vibrational absorption of the ligand upon coordination indicate that KHPcDC behaves as monoanionic and coordinates in a bidentate, tridentate and/or bridging tetradentate manner. Trans-form structure is proposed for [Pd(HPcDC)2] x 2H20 and [Cd(HPcDC)2] complexes on the basis of NMR data. An octahedral structure is proposed for Fe(III), Fe(II) and Ni(II) complexes, a square-planar structure for Co(II) and Pd(II) complexes and a tetragonally distorted octahedral structure for the Cu(II) chelate on the basis of spectroscopic and magnetic data. The ligand field parameters (B, Dq, beta) for the Fe(III) and Ni(II) chelates were calculated. TG, DTG and DTA studies support the different modes of chelation of KHPcDC. The solid metal acetate chelates have a unique decomposition exotherm profile which can be used as a rapid and sensitive tool for the detection of acetate-containing complexes.