JOURNAL OF SOLUTION CHEMISTRY, cilt.37, sa.11, ss.1489-1497, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
Six new triazole compounds were synthesized. These compounds containing the substituted benzylidenamino group were obtained by reaction of 3-(pyridine-4-yl)-5-p-tolyl-4-amino-4H-1,2,4-triazole 1 with the corresponding aldehyde. The reduced forms were prepared with NaBH4 in methanol. The structures of the compounds were determined by IR, H-1 NMR, and C-13 NMR spectral data, and their interaction with cations such as Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, Ba2+ Sr2+, Ca2+, Cu2+, Cr3+, Co2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, Cd2+, Pb2+ and Ag+ were investigated by using UV-visible spectrophotometry. Of the tested metal cations, Cu2+, Cr3+, Co2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, Cd2+, Pb2+ and Ag+ complexed with the ligands. The complex stability constants (log(10) K) were measured in slightly acidic aqueous media at 25.0 +/- 0.1 degrees C. These stability constants were determined by measuring the increase in solubility of the nearly insoluble ligand molecule due to complex formation with a soluble cation, and this method is discussed. It was found that the position of chlorine atoms on the benzene ring strongly affects the complexation of Cu2+ ion with these ligands.