Syntheses, characterization, single crystal X-ray structures and antimicrobial activities of four Cu(II) 3-halobenzoate complexes; Cu(3-chloro/bromobenzoate)2 in the presence of heterocyclic N-donor ligands β/γ-picolines

Raj Pal Sharma, Santosh Kumar, Jitendra Kumar, Paloth Venugopalan, Vijay Singh Gondil, Sanjay Chibber, Thammarat Aree

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Abstract

The reaction of hydrated copper(II) 3-chloro/bromobenzoates with β/γ-picoline in a methanol:water mixture (4:1 v/v) yielded four monomeric complexes, [Cu(3-chlorobenzoate)2(β-picoline)2] (1), [Cu(3-chlorobenzoate)2(γ-picoline)2(H2O)] (2), [Cu(3-bromobenzoate)2(β-picoline)2(H2O)] (3) and [Cu(3-bromobenzoate)2(γ-picoline)2)] (4). The newly synthesized complexes have been characterized by elemental analyses, spectroscopic methods (FT-IR, UV–Vis), TGA and single crystal X-ray structure determination. Crystallographic investigations revealed that all the copper(II) 3-halobenzoates complexes with β-/γ-picoline ligands are monomeric in nature, in contrast to polymeric copper(II) 2-halobenzoate complexes in the presence of similar N-donor ligands. Various non-covalent interactions, like O–H⋯O, C–H⋯O, C–H⋯π and anion ⋯π, have been observed to play a decisive role in the stabilization of the crystal lattices in all the complexes. All the newly synthesized copper(II) complexes show significant antibacterial activity against gram negative and gram positive bacteria.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)494-504
Number of pages11
JournalPolyhedron
Volume119
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Nov 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 3-Chloro/bromobenzoates
  • Antibacterial
  • Copper(II) complexes
  • Spectroscopy
  • X-ray crystallography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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