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Fig. 1 Moleculer structures of
-hydroxyisophthalic acid
hip)
OH
analyses were recorded (Fig. S1 and S2) to assay the
purities of bulk products.
5
(H
3
HO
OH
Syntheses
O
O
Two different solutions of H hip (10 mmol, 1.82 g) in water
3
(
50 mL) were added dropwise with stirring at room tem-
antibiotics. However, the emergence of methicillin-resis-
tant S. aureus (MRSA) is a source of concern, with mil-
lions diagnosed with MRSA infections each year [22].
Candida species are commonly isolated fungal pathogens
that are responsible for many types of infection in
immunocompromised patients and hospitalized patients
with serious underlying diseases [23].
perature to two solutions of Ni(CH COO) Á4H O
3
2
2
(
10.0 mmol, 2.44 g) in water (50 mL). The solutions
immediately became suspensions, and they were stirred for
h at room temperature. 2-Hepy (10.0 mmol, 1.23 g) and
1
dap (10.0 mmol, 0.74 g) in ethanol solutions (20 mL) were
added dropwise to the suspensions in ethanol for 1 and 2,
respectively. The mixtures were stirred for 2 days at 90 °C,
then cooled to room temperature and filtered. After about a
month crystals formed; these were filtered off, washed with
In this paper, we describe the syntheses, spectroscopic
properties, thermal analyses and crystal structures of two
polynuclear Ni(II)-5-hydroxyisophthalate complexes, for-
1
0 mL of water and dried in air. Elemental Analyses (%)
mulated as, [Ni(l-Hhip)(2-hepy)2]n (1) and [Ni (l-
2
calcd. for C H N NiO (1): (484.12 g/mol), C, 54.7; H,
2
2
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2
7
Hhip) (dap) ] (2). The antimicrobial activities of the
2
4 n
4
.9; N, 6.8; found: C, 55.1; H, 4.2; N, 5.9, (%) calcd. for
nickel (II) complexes were evaluated by the agar diffusion
method against eleven bacteria, four yeasts and one mould.
To the best of our knowledge, the antimicrobial activities
of Ni(II)-5-hydroxyisophthalate complexes have not pre-
viously been reported.
C H N Ni O (2): (774.16 g/mol), C, 43.4; H, 6.3; N,
2
8
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8
2 10
1
4.5; found: C, 43.9; H, 6.8; N, 14.8. The mass spectra of the
complexes 1 and 2 are presented in Figs. S3 and S4. Mass
?
spectroscopy results: (1): [Ni ? (Hhip) ? 2H O(solvent)]
2
calcd. 372.99, found 372.21; [Ni ? (Hhip) ? 2(2-
?
hepy) ? H O(solvent)] calcd. 501.2, found 501.8, (2):
2
?
2Ni ? (Hhip) ? 2(dap)] calcd. 443.4, found 441.3;
[
?
Experimental
[M ? H] calcd. 774.2, found 774.6. The Ni contents were
analysed by atomic absorption spectrometry, giving values
of 12.1% for 1 (calcd. 12.16%) and 15.0% for 2 (calcd.
Materials and measurements
15.2%).
All chemicals and solvents used for the syntheses were of
reagent grade. 5-Hydroxyisophthalic acid, 2-(2-hydrox-
X-ray crystallography
yethyl)pyridine, 1,3-diaminopropane and Ni(CH COO)2-
3
4
H O were used as received from Tetra technological
2
Diffraction measurements were taken at room temperature
(296 K) on a STOE IPDS II image plate detector using a
system. Elemental analyses (C, H, and N) were obtained on
a Costech (ECS 4010) elemental analyser. An Agilent
rotation anode and graphite monochromated Mo Ka radi-
ation (k 0.71073 A˚ ). The data collection conditions,
(
6530 QTOF-LC–MS) spectrometer was used for mass
spectroscopy analyses. An Analytik Jena ContrAA 300
analyser was used in AAS to evaluate metal contents. AAS
parameters of refinement process and final refinement
parameters are summarized in Table 1. The following
procedures and software were implemented for crystallo-
graphic study: X-AREA [24] for data collection; X-Red32
for data reduction; Shelxs97 [25] for structure solving;
Shelxl97 [25] for structure refinement; Mercury [26] for
molecular visualization; WinGX [27] to prepare materials
for publication.
analyses were recorded on 2 M 10 mL HNO solutions of
3
the complexes. Magnetic susceptibility measurements were
taken at room temperature using a Sherwood Scientific
MK1 model Gouy magnetic balance. UV–Vis spectra were
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obtained on aqueous solutions (10 and 10 mol/L) of
the complexes with a Shimadzu Pharmaspec UV-1700
spectrometer within the range of 800–200 nm. FTIR
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1
spectra were recorded in the 4000–400 cm region with a
Bruker Optic, Vertex 70 FTIR spectrometer using an ATR
attachment. A Diamond TG/DTA thermal analyser was
used to record simultaneous TG, DTG and DTA curves in a
Antimicrobial activity tests
The complexes were tested for their antibacterial and
antifungal activities by the disc-diffusion method [28, 29].
In total, 16 microbial species including 11 bacteria, 4
yeasts and 1 mould were used as test organisms. The
antimicrobial activities were evaluated against gram-
2
1
static air atmosphere at a heating rate of 10 °C min in
temperature ranges of 35-1000 for 1, 35–800 °C for 2
using platinum crucibles. X-Ray powder diffraction
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