Salicylaldehyde-2-aminoacetophenone-2-thenoylhydrazone (H₂saath) has been found to react with the transition metal salts to form the complexes VO(H₂saath)₂SO₄, M(H₂saath)₂Cl₂ and M(H saath)₂ [M=OV(IV), Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II)]. The complexes have been characterized by elemental analyses, molar conductance, magnetic susceptibility, electronic and photoacoustic, ESR, IR,¹H and¹³C NMR studies. X-ray diffraction study suggests a tetragonal unit lattice for zinc(II) and an orthorhombic one for copper(II) complexes.

Salicylaldehyde-2-aminobenzophenone-2-thenoylhydrazone (Hsabth) complexes of OV(IV), Mn(II), Ni(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) having 1∶2 metal-ligand stoichiometry have been prepared and characterized by elemental analyses, molar conductance, magnetic susceptibility, electronic, ESR, infrared, NMR (¹H and¹³C) and X-ray powder diffraction studies. Square pyramidal geometry around oxovandium(IV) and octahedral geometry around the rest of the metal ions have been proposed on the basis of magnetic and spectral studies.

N-(thiophene-2-carboxamido) salicylaldimine (H₂TCS) reacts with lanthanide chlorides in the presence of KOH to give complexes of the type K(Ln(TCS)₂] [Ln=La(III), pr(III), Nd(III), Sm(III), Eu(III), Gd(III) and Dy(III)]. A tentative structure for these complexes has been suggested on the basis of molar conductance, TGA and DTA, magnetic susceptibility, electronic, infrared and¹H and¹³C NMR data. The nephelauxetic ratio ($$\bar \beta $$), covalency (σ) and bonding parameter (b^1/2) have been calculated from the electronic spectrum of the Nd(III) complex. A coordination number of six around the metal ion has been suggested.

The complexes of the type [Ln(H₂ dapthsh)Cl(H₂O)₂]Cl₂ (Ln=La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb and Dy; H₂ dapthsh=2,6-diacetylpyridine 2-thenoyl salicyl dihydrazone) have been prepared by reacting salicylhydrazone (sh) with [Ln(Hdapth)Cl₂(H₂O)₃]Cl (Hdapth=2,6-diacetylpyridine mono (2-thenoylhydrazone) in ethanol. The condensation of coordinated acetyl C=O with — NH₂ of salicylhydrazone occurs and the resulting azomethine nitrogen is found bonded to the Ln(III) ions. The compound has been found monomeric from FAB mass spectra. The bonding sites of the dihydrazone and coordination number and symmetry of the ligand field around Ln³⁺ ions have been deduced from IR, electronic and emission spectra.

The reaction of 1,8-diamino-3,6-diazaoctane and diethyl malonate in dry methanol yielded a 13-membered macrocycle. Complexes of the type [Ln(tatd)Cl₂ (H₂O)₃]Cl [Ln^III=La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy; tatd=1, 5, 8, 11-tetra-azacyclotridecane-2,4-dione] have been synthesized by template condensation. The complex [La(tatd)Cl₂ (H₂O)₃]Cl in methanol was reacted with lanthanide chlorides to yield the trinuclear complexes of type [2{La(tatd)Cl₂(H₂O)₃}LnCl₃]Cl₂ [Ln^III=La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy]. The chemical compositions of mono and trinuclear complexes have been established on the basis of analytical, molar conductance, electrospray (ES) and fast atom bombardment (FAB) mass data. In mononuclear complexes the Ln³⁺ ion is encapsulated by four ring nitrogens and in trimetallic complexes the exo-carbonyl oxygens of two mononuclear units coordinate to the Ln³⁺ ions resulting in a polyhedron around the lanthanide ions. Thus the macrocycle is bonded in a tetradentate fashion in the former complexes and hexadentate in the latter. The coordination number nine around the encapsulated Ln³⁺ and seven around the exo-oxygen bonded Ln³⁺ ions are established. The symmetry of the ligand field around the metal ions is indicated from the emission spectra.