Spectroscopic characterization, biological activities and theoretical computation of manganese(II) and copper(II) complexes of sulfamethoxazolyl-azo-acetylacetonate (original) (raw)
Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Section, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700 032, India <em>E-mail</em> : c_r_sinha@yahoo.com Department of Biotechnology, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, Purba Medinipur-721 657, West Bengal, India <em>Manuscript received 20 January 2017, accepted 07 February 2017</em> [4-(Z)-((2-Hydroxy-4-oxopent-2-en-3-yl)diazenyl)-N-(5-methylisoxazol-3-yl)benzene sulfonamide] (sulfamethoxazolyl-azo-acetylacetone, HL) serves as monoanionic N,O chelator and has been used to synthesize manganese(II), [Mn(L)<sub>2</sub> (H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>4 </sub>] (1) and copper(II), [Cu(L)<sub>2</sub> (H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>4</sub> ] (2) complexes. Different physicochemical techniques (FT-IR, UV-Vis, Mass, SEM-EDX, thermal, bulk magnetic moment, EPR) have been employed to establish the structure and electronic configuration of the complexes. The interaction of CT-DNA wit...