| dc.description.abstract | We report the successful syntheses of a family of tetradentate N-donor pyridyl and quinolyl-imine ligands N1,N2-bis((pyridin-2-yl)methylene)ethane-1,2-diamine (L1), N1,N3- bis(pyridin-2-ylmethylene)propane-1,3-diamine (L2), N1,N4-bis(pyridin-2-ylmethylene) butane-1,4-diamine (L3), N1,N2-bis((quinolin-2-yl)methylene)ethane-1,2-diamine (L4), N1,N3-bis(quinolin-2-ylmethylene)propane-1,3-diamine (L5) and N1,N5-bis(pyridin-2- ylmethylene)pentane-1,5-diamine (L6). All the ligands were fully characterized by FT-IR, 1H and 13C NMR, GC-MS, Elemental analysis, UV-Vis and TGA. We report for the first time the thermogravimetric analysis of N1,N2-bis((pyridin-2-yl)methylene)ethane-1,2-diamine (L1) and N1,N2-bis((quinolin-2-yl)methylene)ethane-1,2-diamine (L4). The tetradentate N-donor pyridyl and quinolyl-imine ligands were subsequently utilised to synthesise neutral mononuclear and cationic homobimetallic ruthenium(II) complexes and new bimetallic palladium(II) complexes using the appropriate metal precursors. The ruthenium(II) complexes were evaluated for the oxidative cleavage of styrene using a Sharpless biphasic solvent system (CCl4:CH3CN:H2O) and sodium periodate (NaIO4) as the cooxidant. The bimetallic palladium(II) complexes were evaluated for their catalytic activity towards the standard Heck coupling reaction. The ruthenium(II) catalysts exhibited efficient catalytic activity, yielding conversions of 69-77%. The palladium(II) catalysts showed an overall low catalytic activity of 41-49 % conversion and analysed by GC. | en_US |
