Photochemical reactions of group VIB metal carbonyls with heterocyclic Schiff bases derived from 4-amino -3-hydrazino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole

The new complexes, M(CO)5(Schiff base) [M = Cr; 1, Mo; 2, W; 3, Schiff base = 4-salicylidenamino-3-hydrazino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole, SAHMT, a; 4-(2-hydroxynaphthylidenamino)-3-hydrazino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole, 2HNAHMT, b; 4-(3-hydroxybenzylidenamino)-3-hydrazino-5-mercapto-1,2,4- triazole, 3HBAHMT, c; 4-(4-hydroxybenzylidenamino)-3-hydrazino-5-mercapto-1,2,4- triazole, 4HBAHMT, d; 4-(5-bromosalicylidenamino)-3-hydrazino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole, 5BrSAHMT, e; were synthesized by photochemical reaction of metal carbonyls M(CO)6 (M = Cr, Mo, W) with new heterocyclic Schiff bases derived from 4-amino-3-hydrazino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole, a-e. The ligands and complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, EI-mass spectrometry, FT-IR, 1H and 13C-{1H}-NMR spectroscopy. The spectroscopic studies show that Schiff bases, a-e, are monodentate and coordinate via azomethine N donor to the central metal atom in M(CO)5(Schiff base) (M = Cr, Mo, W).