New tridentate ligands isopropanoylacetone-2-imino-phenol (H(2)PAP), trifluoroisc- propanylacetone-2-iminophenol (H(2)F(2)PAP), acetylmesityl oxide-2-iminophenol (H(2)AMP) and trifluocoacetylmesityloxide-2-iminophenol(H(2)F(2)AMP) have been prepared and characterized by elemental microanalysis, IR, H-1-NMR and mass spectroscopic techniques. Their reactions towards copper(II), nickel(II), cobalt(II), iron(II) and chromium(II) have been studied spectrophotometrically. The reactions with metal ions are rapid with molar absorptivities in the range of 100-8000 1.mole(-1) cm(-1) in visible region.


M B RIND ,M Y KHUHAWAR ,A G BHATTI ,A K TALPUR ,