Synthesis, spectral and thermal properties of some transition metal(II) complexes with a novel ligand derived from thiobarbituric acid

Four novel metal(II) complexes, Ni(L) 2 , Co(L) 2 , Cu(L) 2 , and Zn(L) 2 (L = 5-(2-(1,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)hydrazono)-1,3-diethyl-2-thioxo-dihydropyrimidine-4,6(1H,5H)-dione), were synthesized using the procedure of diazotization, coupling and metallization. Their structures were identified by elemental analyses, 1 H NMR, ESI-MS and FT-IR spectra. The effect of different central metal(II) ions on absorption bands of the metal(II) complexes was researched. The thermal properties of the metal(II) complexes were investigated by thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Furthermore, the thermodynamic parameters, such as activation energy ( E *), enthalpy (∆ H *), entropy (∆ S *) and free energy of the decomposition (∆ G *) are calculated from the TG curves applying Coats–Redfern method. The results show that the metal(II) complexes have suitable electronic absorption spectra with blue-violet light absorption at about 350–450 nm, high thermal stability with sharp thermal decomposition thresholds.