Synthesis, spectral characterization and antimicrobial studies of transition metal complexes of benzothiazole based schiff bases

Article abstract of DOI:10.14233/ajchem.2018.21454

A series of transition metal complexes of the type [ML2]·nH2O, where L = 2-(benzothiazolyl-2'-Amino)iminoethanone (HBAE), 2-(benzothiazolyl-2'-Amino)imino-1,2-dimethylethanone (HBME), 2-(benzothiazolyl-2'-Amino)imino-1,2-diphenylethanone (HBPE), M = Cu(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II), have been synthesized and characterized on the basis of spectral studies and thermal analyses. The spectroscopic data confirmed octahedral geometrical structures for all the complexes. All these Schiff bases and their metal complexes have been screened for their antibacterial activity against some pathogenic bacteria species (Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus stearothermophilus, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi) and antifungal activity against some pathogenic fungi strains (Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus).