“…From the infrared spectral data discussed above, it is evident that the ligand binds to metal through naphtholate oxygen and hydrazide nitrogen either in the keto form or enol form. The (M-O) (naphtholic) [45][46][47] may be expected at higher frequencies than (M-O) (carbonyl) [48,49] for difference in bond order. On examining the spectra of the ligands and its manganese and ruthenium complexes below 600 cm À1 , the new band appearing in the 542-584 cm À1 region is tentatively assigned to (M-O)(naphtholate).…”