1. Synthesis, Spectral and Antibacterial Studies of Copper(II) Tetraaza Macrocyclic Complexes
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Anren Hu, Edulla Ravi Krishna, Rondla Rohini, Puchakayala Muralidhar Reddy, and Vadde Ravinder
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synthesis ,antibacterial studies ,tetraaza macrocycles ,copper(II) complexes ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
A novel family of tetraaza macrocyclic Cu(II) complexes [CuLX2] (where L = N4 donor macrocyclic ligands) and (X = Cl−, NO3−) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, magnetic moments, IR, EPR, mass, electronic spectra and thermal studies. The magnetic moments and electronic spectral studies suggest square planar geometry for [Cu(DBACDT)]Cl2 and [Cu(DBACDT)](NO3)2 complexes and distorted octahedral geometry to the rest of the ten complexes. The biological activity of all these complexes against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria was compared with the activity of existing commercial antibacterial compounds like Linezolid and Cefaclor. Six complexes out of twelve were found to be most potent against both gram-positive as well as gram-negative bacteria due to the presence of thio group in the coordinated ligands.
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- 2012
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