Synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial and theoretical studies of the first main group tris(ephedrinedithiocarbamate) complexes of As(III), Sb(III), Bi(III), Ga(III) and In(III)

摘要

The synthesis of five new complexes involving the ephedrinedithiocarbamate ligand (ephedtc) with group 13 and 15 metals (III) is reported. Complexes [As(ephedtc)(3)] (1), [Sb(ephedtc)(3)] (2), [Bi(ephedtc)(3)] (3), and [In(ephedtc)3] (5) were obtained from the ephedrinedithiocarbamate sodium salt [Na(ephedtc)] and the corresponding trichlorides MCl3, whereas for [Ga(ephedtc)(3)], (4) Ga(NO3)(3) was used. All compounds were characterized by elemental analyses, IR, mass spectrometry (FAB(+)) and H-1 and C-13 NMR. In addition, single crystal structures of 2 and 5 were obtained showing two different coordination modes for the dithiocarbamate moiety, an anisobidentate coordination mode for 2 and an isobidentate coordination for 5 that generates a propeller-type structure. Compound 2 shows a distorted trigonal antiprismatic geometry around the metal atom while in 5 a distorted octahedral geometry is observed. Additionally, the crystalline structure of the ionic pair [ephedrinium] [ephedrinedithiocarbamate] (6) was determined. Antibacterial assay showed that 5 was the most active against ATCC bacterial strains and clinical isolate E. coli BLE (MIC 14.6-29.9 mu M), and 3 against MRS strains (MIC 1.7 and 13.4 mu M). The chemical hardness concept and the location of the HOMO and LUMO frontier orbitals on the molecular structures of 1-5 were employed to explain its particular antibacterial activity, using the OFT calculations. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.