A study on synthesis and thermal, spectral and biological properties of carboxylato-Mg(II) and carboxylato-Cu(II) complexes with bioactive ligands

Synthesis, elemental (CHN), spectral (FTIR), thermogravimetry (TG), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and complexometric titration have been applied to the investigation of the thermal behavior and structure of the complexes: Mg(ac)(2)(mpc)(3)center dot 3H(2)O(I), Mg(Clac)(2)(mpc)(2)center dot 3H(2)O(II), Mg(Cl(2)ac)(2)(mpc)(2)center dot 3H(2)O(III), Mg(Cl(3)ac)(2)(mpc)(2)center dot 3H(2)O(IV) and [Cu(ac)(2)(mpc)](2)center dot 3H(2)O(V) (ac=CH3COO-, Clac=ClCH2COO-, Cl(2)ac=Cl2CHCOO-, Cl(3)ac=Cl3CCOO- and mpc=methyl-3-pyridyl carbamate). Thermal decomposition of these complexes is a multi-stage processes. The composition of the complexes and the solid state intermediate and resultant products of thermolysis had been identified by means of elemental analysis and complexometric titration. The possible scheme of decomposition of the complexes is suggested. Heating the complexes first resulted in a release of water molecules. The TG results show that the loss of the volatile ligand (mpc) occurs in one step for complexes II, IV and V, and in two steps for complexes I and III. The final solid product of thermal decomposition was MgO or CuO. The thermal stability of the complexes can be ordered in the sequence: I=II < IV < III < V. Mpc was coordinated to Mg(II) or Cu(II) through the nitrogen atom of its heterocyclic ring. IR data suggest to a unidentate coordination of carboxylates to magnesium or copper n complexes I-V. The preliminary studies have shown that the complexes do have antimicrobial activities against bacteria, yeasts and/or fungi. The highest antimicrobial activities were manifested by the complex V.