Syntheses, crystallographic, mass-spectroscopic determination and antioxidant studies of Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes of a new imidazol based Schiff base

Abstract

A new imidazole-based Schiff base, 2-((1H-imidazol-4-yl)methyleneamino)benzylalcohol (HL) and corresponding analogous bis(2-((1H-imidazol-4-yl)methyleneimino)benzylalcohol)metal(II) perchlorates (M: Co(1), Ni(2), Cu(3)) have prepared and characterized by elemental analyses, ESI-MS, IR, UV-Vis spectroscopies and conductivity measurements. X-ray single crystal structures of 1 and 2 have been also determined. Elemental analyses, spectroscopic and conductance data of 3 demonstrated similar structural features with these of crystallographically characterized complexes and based upon this relevances, HL ligands are neutrally coordinated to metal(II) ions in tridentate mode and all complexes are isostructural, dicathionic, contain perchlorate anions as complementary ions and, are in octahedral geometry with the formulae of [M(HL)(2)](ClO4)(2) (for 3) and [M(HL)(2)](ClO4)(2)center dot H2O (for 1 and 2). Radical scavenging activities of the complexes have been evaluated by using DPPH center dot, DMPD center dot+, and ABTS(center dot+) assays. SC50 values (mu g/mL) of the complexes and standards on DPPH, DMPD center dot+, ABTS(center dot+) follow the sequences, BHA (9.06 +/- 0.33) > CMPD3 (15.62 +/- 0.52) > CMPD2 (17.43 +/- 0.29) > Rutin (21.65 +/- 0.60) > CMPD1 (25.67 +/- 0.51) > Trolox (28.57 +/- 0.37), Rutin > BHA > CMPD3 > CMPD2 > Trolox > CMPD1, and Trolox > BHA > CMPD3 > CMPD2 > Rutin > CMPD1 respectively. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.