Abstract

Copper(II) complexes with salicylidine anthranilic acid (SAA) salicylidine-o-aminophenol (SAP), salicylidine-o-aminothiphenol (SATP) and salicylidine-o-aminopyridine (SAPy) have been synthesized and characterised by their elemental analyses, TGA, IR and electronic spectral studies, molar conductance and magnetic susceptibility measurements. Antimicrobial activity of these ligands and their respective copper(II) complexes have been determined on gram positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and gram negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria and on fungi like Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus nidulense and Candida albicans by serial dilution methods. A considerable increase in the biocidal activity of the ligands on being co-ordinated with the metal-ion has been observed in terms of their minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values.

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