A comparative thermal decomposition kinetics on 1,2-bis(imino-4'-antipyrinyl)ethane and 4-N-(4'-antipyrylmethylidene)aminoantipyrine Cu(II) complexes with varying counter anions

A comparative thermal decomposition kinetic studies of Cu(II) complexes of 1,2-bis (imino-4-antipyrinyl) ethane(GA) and4-N-(4'-antipyrylmethylidene) aminoantipyrine (AA) with a variety of counter anions viz. ClO4-, NO3-, Cl- and Br- has been evaluated by TG analysis. The kinetic parameters activation energy (E), pre-exponential factor (A) and entropy of activation (∆S) were calculated by using Coats–Redfern equation. This study shows that the thermal decomposition kinetics has been controlled by the ligand field as well as the counter anions.