A di-Nuclear Copper(II) Complex as a Precursor for Octahedron-Like CuO Nanoparticles

Metal-organic complexes have been extensively studied because of their potential applicationsin molecular recognition, host–guest chemistry, gas storage, catalysis optical and magnetism[1-3]. In the present work, a new dinuclear copper(II) complex with a formula of[Cu2(pydc)2(inta)2(H2O)2] .3H2O (1), that inta is isonicotinic acidhave been synthesized underultrasound irradiation. Compound 1 was used as an inorganic precursor to prepare CuO nanoparticlesthrough thermal decomposition. Fig. 1 shows the scanning electron microscope imageof CuO nanoparticles to understand more structural details and morhological informationwhich clearly shows the octahedron-like morphology for CuO nanoparticles. The SEM imageshowed that the particles size of CuO crystalsis about to 70–90 nm.