“…Complexes 3 – 4 show partial weak −OH stretching vibration bands at about 3421 and 3422 cm –1 , which are due to the incomplete deprotonation of the ligand. Clear stretching vibration peaks were observed for the typical CN and Ar–O groups of the ligand at about 1625 and 1258 cm –1 , respectively; however, in complexes 1 – 4 , the stretching vibration peaks of both CN and Ar–O were blueshifted; the CN stretching vibration peaks appear at about 1603, 1604, 1601, and 1604 cm –1 , respectively, and the Ar–O stretching vibration peaks appear at about 1250, 1253, 1249, and 1250 cm –1 , respectively, which indicates that the metal(II) atoms have coordinated to the nitrogen atoms of the CN group and the oxygen atoms of the Ar–O group of the ligand …”