Bivalent transition metal complexes of coumarin-3-yl thiosemicarbazone derivatives: Spectroscopic, antibacterial activity and thermogravimetric studies

Schiff base complexes of Cu(II), Co(II) and Ni(II) with two coumarin-3-yl thiosemicarbazone derivatives (1E)-1-(1-(2-oxo-2H-chromen-3-yl)ethylidene)thiosemicarbazide (OCET) and (1E)-1-(1-(6-bromo-2-oxo-2H-chromen-3-yl)ethylidene)thiosemicarbazide (BOCET) were synthesized by the reaction of Cu(II), Co(II) and Ni(II) chlorides with each mentioned ligand with molar ratio 1:2 metal-to-ligand. Both ligands and their metal complexes were characterized by different physicochemical methods, elemental analysis, molar conductivity, (UV–vis, Mass, Infrared, 1H NMR spectra) and also thermal analysis (TG and DTG) techniques. The discussion of the outcome data of the prepared complexes indicate that the coumarin-3-yl thiosemicarbazone derivatives ligands behave as a bidentate ligand through both thione sulphur and azomethine nitrogen with 1:2 (metal:ligand) stoichiometry for all complexes. The molar conductance measurements proved that the complexes are electrolytes. The kinetic thermodynamic parameters such as: E∗, ΔH∗, ΔS∗and ΔG∗are calculated from the DTG curves, all complexes are more ordered except Ni(II) complexes. The antibacterial activity of the coumarin-3-yl thiosemicarbazone derivatives and their metal complexes was evaluated against some kinds of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria.