Synthesis and Spectral Studies of Some Bismuth(III) and (V) Thiosemicarbazone Complexes Jasmine B. Biswal and Shivram S. Garje* Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Santacruz (East), Mumbai - 400 098, India Email: ssgarie(a),chem. mu. ac. in ABSTRACT Bismuth thiosemicarbazone complexes of the types SCH 2 CH 2 SBiCl(LH) and Ph 3 BiCI 2 (LH) (where LH = thiosemicarbazones of furfuraldehyde, thiophene-2-carboxaldehyde, /ra«s-cinnamaldehyde, trans-2- nitrocinnamaldehyde, 4-chlorobenzaldehyde, 4-fluoroacetophenone, salicylaldehyde, indole-3- carboxaldehyde and acetone) were synthesized. These complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, IR and NMR spectral data and conductometric measurements. Their structures have been proposed on the basis of spectroscopic data. A pentacoordinate or hexacoordinate (including lone pair of electrons) bismuth is suggested in SCH 2 CH 2 SBiCl(LH), whereas a heptacoordinate bismuth is proposed in Ph 3 BiCI 2 (LH). In both types of compounds coordination of thiosemicarbazone ligands through sulfur and azomethine nitrogen have been suggested. Their low values of molar conductance show them to be non-electrolytes. INTRODUCTION Thiosemicarbazones are an important class of S- and N- donor ligands. They can act as neutral or charged ligands. These ligands as well as their complexes with many transition metals and some main group metals have attracted attention over the past few decades in the context of their wide spectrum of biological activity /1-6/. Also variation in coordination modes of these ligands gives rise to structural diversities in their metal complexes Π, 8/. These ligands have been shown to exist in the following tautomeric forms (I) in solution state /8/. A large number of their metal derivatives have been studied. Although a number of references are available on the complexes of these ligands with transition /9-19/ and main group /20-27/ metals, there has been almost no work on the corresponding bismuth(III) and (V) derivatives of these ligands /28-30/. The coordination number of bismuth in these complexes varies from 5 to 8 and they show biological activity/28/. the present investigation, some novel bismuth thiosemicarbazone complexes of the types SCH 2 CH 2 SBiCI(LH) and Ph 3 BiCl 2 (LH) have been prepared and their structures have been proposed on the basis of spectroscopic data. 75