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Synthesis of Some Transition Metal Chelates of Furfurylidene and 5-Nitrofurfurylidene Benzoyl Hydrazones as Potential Fungicides
Rao, Surya D.,Ganorkar, M. C.
, p. 217 - 219 (2007/10/02)
Twelve complexes of the general formulae ML2 and M'L2*2H2O, where M = Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) and M' = Mn(II), Fe(II) and Co(II) and L = Furfurylidene benzoyl hydrazone (FBHZ) or 5-Nitrofurfurylidene benzoylhydrazone (5-NFBHZ), have been synthesised and characterised.The Schiff bases coordinate through O, N atoms behaving as monobasic bidentate ligands, depending on the pH of the medium.These complexes have exhibited significant fungitoxicity against Rhixoctonia solani, the causative organism of sheath blight in rice and groundnut plants.Some of the chelates exhibited more toxicity when compared to Dithane, M-45, a commercial fungicide, screened in similar conditions.The fungitoxicity of the metal chelates was found to be in the following order Cu > Ni > Fe > Zn > Mn > Co.
