Syntheses, Structure Analyses and Thermal Stabilities of Two Schiff Base Metal Complexes

Abstract A Schiff base ligand 1‐salicylideneamino‐1,3,4‐triazole (L) was prepared. Two new complexes with Schiff base, [Zn(L)2(SCN)2] (1) and [Co2(L)5(SCN)4]·H2O (2) have been synthesized and structurally characterized. Complex 1 takes a mononuclear zinc structure and the coordination geometry of zinc atom exhibits a distorted tetrahedron, in which a zig‐zag chain is constructed through hydrogen bonding interactions. A 2D supramolecular network is formed through Π‐Π stacking between triazole planes and phenyl planes of adjacent chains, and a 3D supramolecular network is further constructed by these non‐covalent Π‐Π stacking interactions between the triazole planes of neighboring layers. Complex 2 takes a dinuclear structure with the bidentate‐bridging Schiff base ligands, and cobalt site exhibits a distorted octahedron. The lattice water molecules and neutral complex 2 units form a dimer with hydrogen bonding interactions. In addition, IR and thermal gravimetric analysis are presented.