Sonochemical synthesis, structural characterizations and antibacterial activities of biocompatible Copper(II) coordination polymer nanostructures

A new coordination polymer [Cu(mu(2)-AmP)(2)](n) (1), (HAmp = 2-Amino-4-methylpentanoic acid), has been synthesized and structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography. It has a two-dimensional structure with hydrogen bonding interactions. In order to control the growth process of compound 1 nanostructures during its sonochemical synthesis, two procedures of diffuse control growth and surface control growth were followed. These samples were characterized by IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses (TG-DTA), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Antibacterial activity of compound 1 nanostructures as well as its blocky crystal sample against Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) was also studied.