High incorporation of magnetite nanoparticles inside tetraaza macrocyclic Schiff base cavity: spectroscopic characterization and modeling by DFT calculation

Abstract

This work presents a simple synthesis of tetraaza macrocyclic Schiff base ligand (C 40 H 28 N 4 ), its complex [(C 40 H 28 N 4 )@Fe(II)], and a novel complex of magnetite Fe 3 O 4 NPs incorporated inside tetraaza macrocyclic cavity [(C 40 H 28 N 4 )@Fe 3 O 4 NPs] in order to obtain welldispersed nanoparticles. The characterization and structural identi cation were carried out by 1 H NMR, 13 C and DEPT 135 NMR spectroscopy as well by X-ray spectroscopy, FT-IR, and nally by ATG using both experimental and theoretical methods. XRD measurements indicate that the presence of Schiff's bases does not modify the crystal structure of the nanoparticles (approximately 11 nm). FT-IR was used to illuminate the presence of Fe 3 O 4 NPs in tetrahedral and octahedral sites as well as their coordination with imine (C=N) of tetraaza macrocyclic. The UV-Vis spectra and frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs) of the title compounds were calculated at TD-DFT/CAM-B3LYP-D3/6-311 G (d, p) level of theory. The corresponding calculated results yield shows a good agreement with the experimental data. The morphological characterization of the nanoparticles was carried out by SEM which revealed that the shape of the NPs was generally spherical. The SEM images also show that the nanoparticles prepared by in-situ with co-precipitation method were able to form stable complexes. Thermal characterization by ATG shows that there is 64% of the magnetite nanoparticles formed in-situ which corresponds to a grafting density of 25 mmol.g −1 .

Synthesis, Thermogravimetric and Spectroscopic Characterizations of New Tetraazamacrocyclic Schiff Base Ligand and Some Metal Complexes

“…An equimolar amounts of 1,2-diamino cyclo hexane (1 g, 8.8 mmol) with the acetyl acetone (0.9 g, 8.8 mmol), both dissolved in absolute ethanol was refluxed in the presence of a catalytic amount of acetic acid glacial for 8h, the mixture let to cool at room temperature, the precipitate was filtered then washed with cool ethanol, and let to dry, and finally recrystallized with ethanol [6,7].…”

“…Where it was recorded all results are derived from the TG curves for these compounds examined in Table (5), Figure. (7).…”