Research Article

[Retracted] Newly Synthesized Micro-Nano Transition Metal Complexes of Hexadecanoic Acid as Anti-Microbial Agents: Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Investigations

Table 2

UV-Vis spectral data for ligand palmitic acid and metal palmitates.

CompoundWavelength (nm)Assignment

Ligand palmitic acid273
Manganese palmitate210
290

, CT
Cobalt palmitate208
284
532


d-d transition,CT
Nickel palmitate217
264
553


d-d transition, CT
Copper palmitate233
705

d-d transition, CT
Zinc palmitate211, CT