Thermal study of some new Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes with ligands derived from N,N-dimethylbiguanide as potential antimicrobials

Abstract

The reaction between [M(DMBG)2]·nH2O ((1) M:Ni, n = 0; (4) M:Cu, n = 1), ammonia/hydrazine and formaldehyde in methanol resulted in new complexes of type [ML]·nH2O ((2) M:Ni, L:L1, n = 0; (3) M:Ni, L:L2, n = 0, (5) M:Cu, L:L1, n = 0 and (6) M:Cu, L:L2, n = 3; HDMBG: N,N-dimethylbiguanide, L1 = ligand resulted from ammonia system and L2 = ligand resulted from hydrazine system). The features of complexes have been assigned from microanalytical, IR and UV–Vis data. The thermal transformations of compounds are complex processes according to TG and DTG curves including melting, phase transition, dehydration, oxidative condensation of –C=N– units as well as thermolysis processes. The final products of decomposition are the most stable metal oxides.