KeywordsX-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy, nickel(II) Schiff base complex, acyl substituent, satellite peakThe X-ray photoelectron spectra of nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes were studied by Frosts, Jolly2 and others3 a long time ago. Matienzo et al.4 have reported that the Ni 2p XPS's of tetrahedrally four-coordinated and octahedrally six-coordinated nickel(II) complexes have satellite peaks in the range of higher energy compared with each of the two main peaks, though those of square planar complexes with diamagnetism do not. These satellite peaks are now said to be due to electrontransfer transitions, which mean the shake up transitions from 3d to 4s of metal orbitals and the charge transfer transitions from metal 3d orbitals to anti-bonding orbitals of ligand.In this paper, we measured X-ray photoelectron spectra of nickel(II) Schiff base complexes with acyl substituents, whose structures are in pseudo-tetrahedral coordination depending on the variety of the acyl substituents, to reveal the relationship between the magnetic susceptibility of nickel(II) complex and its relative intensity of satellite peaks to that of main peak.
ExperimentalThe nickel(II) complexes were prepared by a procedure similar to that in the literature.s Their chemical structures and their abbreviations are shown in Fig, 1.The X-ray photoelectron spectra were measured on a Rigaku XPS-7000 spectrometer. Mg Ka (1253.6 eV) X-ray line was used as the excitation source. The abscissa of the chart is the binding energy and the ordinate is the intensity of photoelectrons in arbitrary units. The sample complexes were ground to fine powdered form, dusted onto a double-backed adhesive tape with electric conduction, and set inside the measuring chamber automatically. The measurements were then run at room temperature under a vacuum below 10-6 Pa. To compensate for any sample charging effects, the calibration of the spectra was done using the C 1 s electron line from the carbons present in the samples. The spectra for the complexes possess two Fig. 1 The c hemical structure of nickel(II) Schiff base complexes with acyl substituents.