Spectroscopic and theoretical study of Cu(II), Zn(II), Ni(II), Co(II) and Cd(II) complexes of glyoxilic acid oxime

The paper presents a detailed experimental and theoretical study of five metal complexes of glyoxilic acid oxime (gaoH2), Cu(gaoH)2(H2O)2 (1), Zn(gaoH)2(H2O)2 (2), Co(gaoH)2(H2O)2 (3), Ni(gaoH)2(H2O)2 (4) and [Cd(gaoH)2(H2O)2]·H2O (5). The electronic and vibrational spectra were measured and discussed as to the most sensitive to the M–L binding bands. Two different types of coordination were considered for gaoH− ligand: bidentate through the carboxylic oxygen and oxime nitrogen in 1–4 and mixed bidentate and bridging through the COO group in 5. It is shown that the spectral behavior of the ν(COO) modes can be used to predict bridging ligand coordination. DFT(B3LYP/6-31++G(d,p)) calculations on model compounds: neutral, anionic and radical forms of gao and Cu(gaoH)2, have been carried out to correlate geometries, electronic and vibrational structures. The results obtained were used to assist the electronic and vibrational analysis of the complexes studied. The effect of the metal–ligand interactions (electrostatic and covalent) on the geometry structure of the ligand was investigated.