“…1 H NMR spectrum of the complex: Mg(acac)(L 1 ) exhibited singlet signals at δ 11.36 ppm which could be attributed to the proton of an amide nitrogen, azomethine proton signal at δ 8.44 ppm (1H, s), aromatic protons at 8.36 (1H, s), δ 8.35 (1H, s), δ 8.17 (1H, s), δ 8.15 (1H, s), signals appearing as multiplets in the δ 6.13-7.23 ppm region are due to the aromatic protons, methylene protons at the range δ 2.51-3.35 (multiplets), methyl protons at δ 2.14 (3H, d), δ 1.72 (3H, t), δ 1.11 (3H, t) ppm. The 13 C spectrum reveals the presence of ketonic carbon at δ 188.7 ppm, the signal of δ 161.0 ppm is due to the phenolic carbon, amide carbon at δ 160.3 ppm, δ 151.3 ppm (C=N) is due to carbon atom in the azomethine groups, aromatic carbons at δ 150.9, 149.6, 139.4, 132.1, 129.5, 124.1, 106.8, 104.2 ppm, methylene carbon at δ 44.3, 28.15 ppm, methyl carbon at δ 13.01 ppm [4,14,17,21].…”