Abstract:
The divalent metal complexes of Mg (II), Co (II), Cu (II) and Zn (II) ions with some 1-phenyl-3- methyl-4-acyl pyrazolone-5 have been synthesized and characterized by physical methods such as elemental analysis , U.V, and I.R spectral analyses. The corroborative evidences from elemental analysis and spectral data show that complexes are neutral dihydrated bischelates conforming to the general formula ML2.2 H2O , where M= Mg2+,Co2+,Cu2+ and Zn2+ ions and L= anions of the 4-acyl pyrazolone ligand. Infrared spectral assignments(4000 - 400cm-1) were made and interpretation of the spectral data revealed that the stability of C=O bond increased while that of the M=O bond decreased with increase in the number of carbon atoms of the 4-acyl substituent.