A novel ferrocene metal complexes salen-like, derived from 5-chloromethyl-2-hydroxyacetophenone and N-ferrocenemethylaniline: Design, spectral approach and solvent effect with their electropolymerizable behavior for elab

5^th International Conference on Organic and Inorganic Chemistry

July 12-13, 2018 | Paris, France

Ali Ourari, Djouhra Aggoun, Yasmina Ouennoughi, Touhami Lanez and Emilia Morallon

University of Setif, Algeria
El Oued University, Algeria
University of Alicante, Spain

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Chemical Sci

Abstract :

The research project of this work may be summarized in the synthesis, spectroscopic characterizations and electrochemical behavior of the tetradentate copper (II)-Schiff base complex with its two wings as ferrocenyl aniline moieties. This new ferrocene derivative with two ferrocenylaniline entities surrounding the copper (II)-Salen complex was synthesized from N-ferrocenmethyl-N-phenyl- 5-aminomethyl-2-hydroxyacetophenone and one-half equivalent of 1,2-diaminoethane in absolute ethanol. As for the intermediates involved in this synthetic sequence, the compound was prepared in tetrahydrofuran (THF) by reacting N-ferrocenemethylaniline with 5-chloromethyl-2-hydroxyacetophenone in presence of sodium hydrogenocarbonate (NaHCO3). The compound condensed on the diamine yields the Schiff base ligand which reacts with copper acetate monohydrate yielding the tetradentate Cu(II)-Schiff base complex. Their purities were estimated from elemental analysis while the molecular structures were elucidated with FT-IR, UV�Vis, 1H- and 13C- NMR. The electrochemical behaviors of the synthesized compounds were investigated using cyclic voltammetry in diverse solvents like dichloromethane (DC), acetonitrile (AN), dimethylformamide (DMF) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The anilinic entity grafted on these compounds may be modulated by using other electropolymerizable units as pyrrole, thiophene and carbazole etc.