Electrochemical behavior, structural, morphological, Calf Thymus-DNA interaction and antimicrobial studies of synthesized Schiff base transition metal complexes.

New tetradentate Schiff base transition metal complexes have been derived from salicylidene-4-imino-2,3-dimethyl-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolin-5-one and histidine were characterized by CHN analysis, magnetic susceptibility measurements, molar conductance, FAB-MS, IR, H-NMR, UV, CV, EPR, Fluorescence emission, AFM and Powder XRD techniques. AFM images and Powder XRD data endure that the complexes are nano-size grains with polycrystalline structure. The spectral evidences showed that all the metal chelates are square planar geometry except [VOL] complex which exist square-pyramidal geometry. Electrochemical data (CV) for [CuL] and [VOL] complexes in acetonitrile solution indicates that the redox potential of metal ions is affected by the coordinated ligand. Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) spectra of [CuL] and [VOL] complexes were well coinciding with proposed geometries and other reported complexes. CT-DNA interaction studies of [CuL] complex reveals that an intercalation binding mode occurs between complex and DNA base pairs. The antimicrobial activity of complexes has been tested against the growth of some fungal and bacterial species persist that chelates have better control than ligand.