Solution and solid state studies of mixed ligand binuclear complexes containing one binucleating ligand

Stability constants of homobinuclear binary Cu(II) complexes of the dinucleating ligands, having equivalent coordination sites, 5,5′-methylene-bis-salicylaldehyde (H2A1), 5,5′-methylene-bis-(3-bromosalicylaldehyde) (H2A2), and 5,5′-methylene-bis-(3-nitrosalicylaldehyde) (H2A3), and mixed ligand Cu(II) complexes with one of the above ligands and bipyridyl (L1) or 1,10-phenanthroline (L2) as second ligand, have been determined potentiometrically in water:dioxane medium (50:50 and 30:70,v/v using a computer programme. The values of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] have been compared within the series of complexes having different H2A and L. Probable explanations for the stability order have been extended. The complexes (Cu2AL2)(ClO4)2 have been isolated and characterized by elemental analysis, electronic and ESR spectral, and magnetic studies.