Transition Metal Coordination Complexes with Diverse Schiff Base Ligands and Macrocyclic Systems: Synthesis and Structural Diversity
Parveez Gull *
Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 110025, India
Athar Adil Hashmi
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This review is intended to update the current advances in the fields of coordination chemistry of transition metals with the Schiff base ligands including the macrocyclic systems. Different methods were involved to synthesize different Schiff base ligands and were reported along with their biological activities. A number of transition metal coordination complexes containing diverse ligands are reported in this review along with a discussion on their structural features and field of potential applications.
Keywords: Synthesis, coordination compounds, macrocyclic ligand, Schiff base, antibacterial activity, antifungal activity