Copper (II) complexes with singly condensed tridentate Schiff-base ligands incorporating 1-benzoylacetone

Two copper (II) complexes [CuL1Cl]n (1) and [CuL2Cl] (2) with singly condensed tridentate Schiff-base ligands [HL1 = 6-amino-3-methyl-1-phenyl-4-azahex-3-en-1-one and HL2 = 6-diethylamino-3-methyl-1-phenyl-4-azahex-3-en-1-one] have been synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. Complex 1 is a single-chloro-bridged one-dimensional polymer, whereas 2 is a monomeric square-planar complex. The H-bonding interactions of the amine hydrogen and the non-bonding interactions of phenyl groups in the Schiff base play important roles for the structural variations