Metal-Based Drugs
Volume 6 (1999), Issue 3, Pages 187-192
doi:10.1155/MBD.1999.187
Biologically Active Transition Metal Chelates of Ni(II), Cu(II)
and Zn(II) With 2-Aminothiazole-Derived Schiff-bases: Their
Synthesis, Characterization and the Role of Anions (NO3
, SO42−
, C2O42-
and
CH3CO2−
) on Their Antibacterial Properties
Department of Chemistry, Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Received 4 June 1999; Accepted 25 June 1999
Abstract
Biologically active nickel(ll), copper(ll) and zinc(ll) chelates with thiazole-derived nitro- and
chlorosalicylaldehyde Schiff-bases having the same metal ion but different anions, e.g. nitrate,
sulfate, oxalate and acetate have been synthesized and characterized on the basis of their physical,
spectral and analytical data. In order to evaluate the possible participating role of anions on the
antibacterial properties, these ligands and their synthesized metal chelates with various anions have
been screened against bacterial species Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas
aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.