Abstract
The reaction of 3-azomethine-2-methyl-benzopyrrole derivatives (L, L′ or L″) with some hydrated metal salt of Mn(II), Fe(III), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) affords complexes having the composition [MLCl(CH
2
O)]nH
2
O (M=Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II) or Cu(II), n = 0,1), [FeLCl
2
(OC
2
H
6
)
2
]H
2
O, [ML
2
]nH
2
O (M = Mn(II) or Co(II), n = 1 or 2), [FeL°Cl
2
(H
2
O)
2
]H
2
O, [NiL′H
2
O, [CuL
2
Cl
2
], [ML″HCL
2
]nH
2
O (M = Mn(II) or Ni(II) or Ni(II), n = 2,0), [ML°ClH
2
O]nH
2
O (M = Co(II) or Cu(II), n=3,l) and [FeL°Cl
2
H
2
O]H
2
O where the symbol L,L′ and L″ refers to the ionized ligand LH, L′H and L″H. The complexes are characterized by elemental analyses, molar conductivities, magnetic measurements, uv, visible, ir and esr spectral data.