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Hydrolysis of a Ni-Schiff-Base Complex Using Conditions Suitable for Retention of Acid-labile Protecting Groups
Published on: April 6, 2017
Synthesis, structural, and biological studies of some schiff bases and their metal complexes
1Department of Chemistry, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar (M.P.) 470003, India.
Abstract:
New bidentate or tridentate Schiff bases and their VO(II) and Co(II) complexes formed by the condensation of methyl isobutyl ketone with nicotinamide (mna)/2-amino-4-chlorophenol (map) and 2-hydroxy acetophenone with nicotinamide (han)/isoniazide (hai). Physicochemical characterization has been carried out to determine the structure of the complexes. The FAB mass and thermal data show degradation pattern of the complexes. XRD analysis reveals that all the studied complexes crystallize as tetragonal crystal system. Some of the complexes have been screened for their antimicrobial activity by the well diffusion technique using DMSO as solvent on different species of pathogenic bacteria/fungi, that is, E. coli, S. aureus, S. fecalis, A. niger, T. polysporum, and their antimicrobial potency have been discussed. It has been found that all the complexes are antimicrobially active and show higher activity than the free ligand. Metal chelation affects significantly the antimicrobial/bioactive behavior of the organic ligands.
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