Synthesis, characterization and spectroscopy studying of some metal complexes of a new Schiff base ligand; X-ray crystal structure, NMR and IR investigation of a new dodecahedron Cd(II) complex

• Synthesis and characterization a new Schiff base ligand.
• Synthesis and characterization of some new complexes.
• Synthesis and X-ray analysis data of a new dodecahedron Cd(II) complex.
• NMR and IR study of a new Schiff base complex.

Some new [Cd(H2L1)(NO3)]ClO4 (1), [Mn(H2L1)](ClO4)2 (2), [Ni(H2L1)](ClO4)2 (3) and [Cu(H2L1)](ClO4)2 (4) complexes were prepared by the reaction of a Schiff base ligand and M (II) metal ions in equimolar ratios (M = Cd, Mn, Ni and Cu). The ligand H2L1 was synthesized by reaction of 2-[2-(3-formyl phenoxy)propoxy]benzaldehyde and ethanol amine and characterized by IR, 1H,13C NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The synthesized complexes were characterized with IR and elemental analysis in all cases and 1H, 13C NMR, and X-ray in the case of Cd(II) complex. The X-ray crystal structure of compound 1 showed that all nitrogen and oxygen atoms of Schiff base ligand (N2O4) and a molecule of nitrate with two donor oxygen atom have been coordinated to the metal ion and the Cd(II) ion is in an eight-coordinate environment that is best described as a distorted dodecahedron geometry.