Abstract:Abstract:The title compound, fac-triammin-aquo-oxalato-cobalt(III)-nitrate monohydrate, fac-[Co(NH3)3(C2O4)(H2O)]NO3· H2O (2), was prepared according to an original synthetic protocol published exactly 100 years ago by Alfred Werner by dissolving the indigo-blue non-electrolyte complex mer-triammin-chloro-oxalato-cobalt (III),Cl] (1), in boiling half-concentrated nitric acid. Contrary to the literature, it did not crystallize directly from the reaction mixture, but crystallization could be induced by saturatin… Show more
Four Co(III)-, Cu(II)-, Zn(II)-, and Pd(II)-based potent antibacterial complexes of formula K[Co(ox)].3HO (I), [Cu(bpy)Cl]Cl.5HO (II), [Zn(bpy)]Cl (III), and [Pd(bpy)](NO) (IV) (where ox is oxalate and bpy is 2,2'-bipyridine) were synthesized. They were characterized by elemental analyses, molar conductance measurements, UV-Vis, FTIR, H NMR, andC NMR spectra. These metal complexes were ordered in three combination series of I + II, I + II + III, and I + II + III + IV. Antibacterial activity was tested for each of these four metal complexes and their combinations against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. All compounds were more potent antibacterial agents against the Gram-negative than those of the Gram-positive bacteria. The four metal complexes showed antibacterial activity in the order I > II > III > IV and the activity of their combinations followed the order of I + II + III + IV > I + II + III > I + II. CT-DNA binding studies of complex I and its three combinations were carried out using UV-vis spectral titration, displacement of ethidium bromide (EB), and electrophoretic mobility assay. The results obtained from UV-vis studies indicated that all series interact effectively with CT-DNA. Fluorescence titration revealed that the complexes quench DNA-EB strongly through the static quenching procedures. The binding constant (K), the Stern-Volmer constant (K), and the number of binding sites (n) were determined at different temperatures of 293, 300, and 310 K, respectively. The calculated thermodynamic parameters supported that hydrogen binding and Van der Waals forces play a major role in association of each series of metal complexes with CT-DNA and follow the above-binding affinity order for the series.
Four Co(III)-, Cu(II)-, Zn(II)-, and Pd(II)-based potent antibacterial complexes of formula K[Co(ox)].3HO (I), [Cu(bpy)Cl]Cl.5HO (II), [Zn(bpy)]Cl (III), and [Pd(bpy)](NO) (IV) (where ox is oxalate and bpy is 2,2'-bipyridine) were synthesized. They were characterized by elemental analyses, molar conductance measurements, UV-Vis, FTIR, H NMR, andC NMR spectra. These metal complexes were ordered in three combination series of I + II, I + II + III, and I + II + III + IV. Antibacterial activity was tested for each of these four metal complexes and their combinations against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. All compounds were more potent antibacterial agents against the Gram-negative than those of the Gram-positive bacteria. The four metal complexes showed antibacterial activity in the order I > II > III > IV and the activity of their combinations followed the order of I + II + III + IV > I + II + III > I + II. CT-DNA binding studies of complex I and its three combinations were carried out using UV-vis spectral titration, displacement of ethidium bromide (EB), and electrophoretic mobility assay. The results obtained from UV-vis studies indicated that all series interact effectively with CT-DNA. Fluorescence titration revealed that the complexes quench DNA-EB strongly through the static quenching procedures. The binding constant (K), the Stern-Volmer constant (K), and the number of binding sites (n) were determined at different temperatures of 293, 300, and 310 K, respectively. The calculated thermodynamic parameters supported that hydrogen binding and Van der Waals forces play a major role in association of each series of metal complexes with CT-DNA and follow the above-binding affinity order for the series.
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