Research Article

Spectroscopic Characterization, In Vitro Cytotoxicity, and Antioxidant Activity of Mixed Ligand Palladium(II) Chloride Complexes Bearing Nucleobases

Table 1

Major IR/cm−1 absorption bands of the palladium(II) complexes and the nucleobase ligands.

Complex (NH2) (NH2) (C=O) (C=N) (NH2)H-bonding

cis-[PdCl2(cyt)(gua)]3424 w3286 s1705 s1634 s1605 m3625–2662 br
cis-[PdCl2(cyt)(ad)]3416 w3271 w1672 s1638 w1590 m3663–2800 br
cis-[PdCl2(cyt)(gua)]3323 w3170 w1698 s1638 s1567 m3618–2587 br
Cytosine 3372 w3166 w1668 s1620 s1534 m3500–2500 br
Adenine 3364 w3230 w1672 s1601 m3394–2500 br
Guanine 3308 w3114 w1705 s1631 s1563 m3390–2500 br

: antisymmetric stretching, : symmetric stretching, : symmetric bending, s: strong, w: weak, br: broad, and m: medium.