Synthesis and characterization of copper, nickel, cobalt, zinc complexes with 4-nitro-3-pyrazolecarboxylic acid ligand

In the continuation of our systematic research of pyrazole coordination compounds, complexes of Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II) and Zn(II) with 4-nitro-3-pyrazolecarboxylic acid ligand (L) were synthesized in the reaction of warm ethanolic solutions of the ligand and CuCl2·2H2O, Ni(CH3COO)2, CoCl2·6H2O and Zn(CH3COO)2, mixed in the metal-to-ligand ratio of 1:2. As the compounds could not be obtained in the form suitable for single-crystal structure analysis, their bis(ligand) structures, ML2 (M = CuII, NiII, CoII and ZnII) were proposed on the basis of elemental analysis, IR spectrometry, conductometric and TG–MS measurements. The low conductivity of the compounds additionally supports the deprotonation of the ligand and the formation of neutral complexes. The solvent content was calculated using the thermogravimetric (TG) data. According to TG data, the copper(II) compound crystallizes with 8 while nickel(II) complex with 4 water molecules, CuL2·8H2O, NiL2·4H2O. Complexes of Co(II) and Zn(II) contain 1 and 1.5 water molecules. Despite the differences in solvation properties, the high similarity in the course of the decomposition refers to the similar coordination mode of the organic ligand. The crystal and molecular structures of HL·H2O and NH4[LHL] were determined by single-crystal X-ray structure analysis. Biological research based on determining the inhibition effect of commercial fungicide Cabrio top, ligand, and all newly synthesized complexes on Ph. viticola has been carried out using the phytosanitary method.