Synthesis, crystal structures, biological screening
and electrochemical analysis of some salen-based
transition metal complexes
Samina K. Tadavi
1
•
Jamatsing D. Rajput
1
•
Suresh D. Bagul
1
•
Amar A. Hosamani
2
•
Jaiprakash N. Sangshetti
3
•
Ratnamala S. Bendre
1
Received: 4 October 2016 / Accepted: 23 February 2017 / Published online: 8 March 2017
Ó Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017
Abstract A new series of transition metal complexes with (1) Mn(III), (2) Co(II),
(3) Ni(II) and (4) Cu(II) have been synthesized by the reaction of [6,6
0
-((1E,1
0
E)-
(propane-1,3-diylbis(azanylylidene))bis(methanylylidene))bis(5-isopropyl-2-methyl-
phenol)] with suitable metal salts. The synthesized complexes have been charac-
terized by elemental analysis and spectroscopic techniques. The results of single
crystal structures show that the metal is bonded to the ligand through the phenolic
oxygens and imino nitrogens. Synthesized complexes have been evaluated for
antibacterial activity and antioxidant activity, which shows considerable results.
Keywords N
2
O
2
donor Á Transition metal complexes Á Cyclic voltammetry Á ESR
Introduction
During the past few decades, considerable attention has been paid to the chemistry
of metal complexes of Schiff bases containing nitrogen and oxygen as donor atoms,
which have been found to occupy an important role in the development of the
chemistry of chelate systems [1, 2]. Schiff bases have been reported to possess
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& Ratnamala S. Bendre
bendrers@gmail.com
1
School of Chemical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra 425 001,
India
2
Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
3
Y. B. Chavan College of Pharmacy, Dr. Rafiq Zakaria Campus, Aurangabad,
Maharashtra 431 001, India
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Res Chem Intermed (2017) 43:4863–4879
DOI 10.1007/s11164-017-2917-4