Molecular structures of 3d metal complexes with various Schiff bases studied by gas-phase electron diffraction and quantum-chemical calculations

• DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2011.06.037
• Publication Date: 2011-07-06T04:43:56Z
• Authors: N.V. Tverdova; E.D. Pelevina; N.I. Giricheva; G.V. Girichev; N.P. Kuzmina; O.V. Kotova
• Keywords: Quantum chemical; Molecular geometry

The present article summarizes the results of our studies of 3d metal complexes with various Schiff bases. Structural features, regularities of changes of the (M–N) and (M–O) bond lengths, as well as their correlation with electronic structure of the metal atom are discussed.