Synthesis, characterisation and antifungal activity of Ru(III) complexes with heterocyclic dithiocarbamates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00945719608004400

Several new hexa-coordinated ruthenium(III) complexes of the type [RuX₂(EPh₃)₂(LL')], (X = Cl or Br; E = P or As) [where LL' = morpholinedithiocarbamate (Morphdtc), piperidinedithiocarbamate (Pipdtcl and piperazinedithiocarbamate (Pzdtc) have been synthesised. In all these complexes the heterocyclic dithiocarbamates behave as a uninegative bidentate (SS) chelating ligand. It has been observed that the incoming ligand replaces a halide, a tertiary phosphine/arsine and methanol from the starting complexes. All the complexes have been characterised on the basis of analytical and spectroscopic data. The new complexes showed a reasonable amount of antifungal activities.