New cationic Cu(II) and Co (II) complexes with N,N',N",4,8, and the anion of 2-amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid (S-phenylalanine) were prepared. The complexes were analyzed and characterized by elemental analysis, conductometric, polarimetric, magnetic and cyclic voltammetric measurements, as well as by spectroscopic data (UV/Vis, IR). Both complexes are binuclear with the general formula [M 2 (S-Phe)tpmc](ClO 4 ) 3 ·nH 2 O; S-PheH = S-phenylalanine, M(II) = Cu, n = 7; Co, n = 0. Based on previously reported data for some familiar complexes and the present results, pentacoordinated geometry was proposed. Both of the central metal ions are coordinated with two pyridyl and two cyclam nitrogens and bridged with -N-(CH 2 ) 3 -N-portions of the cyclam ring and oxygen atoms of the S-phenylalaninate ion. Antimicrobial screening of the complexes, solvent, starting salts and ligands alone was performed against fungi, mould and some bacteria. In certain cases, enhanced activity of Co(II) complex towards bacteria compared with the relevant free ligands and starting salts was detected.

Four new air-stable mixed-ligand Co(II) complexes having the general formula [Co2(Y)tpmc]Z3?q(H2O/CH3CN) (HY = N-methylglycine/N,N-dimethylglycine, Z = - 4BF , qH2O=4 or 3; HY=S-norvaline/S-valine Z=-ClO4 , qCH3CN = 0.5; qH2O = 0.5; tpmc = N,N',N'',N'''-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)- -1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane) were prepared. The composition, some physical and chemical properties and their tentative geometries were evaluated based on elemental analysis (C, H, N), conductometric and magnetic measurements, spectroscopic data (UV/Vis, IR) and cyclic voltammetry. The data were compared with earlier described analogous complexes containing the macrocyclic ligand and aliphatic aminocarboxylates. It is assumed that all complexes are binuclear with an exo coordination mode of the octaazamacrocyclic pendant ligand in the boat conformation. In addition, two -N-(CH2)2-N- portions of the cyclam ring within the tpmc ligand and Co(II) ions in the high-spin state are most probably bridged via oxygen atoms from the anion of the aminocarboxylate/derivatives, whereas nitrogen atoms rest uncoordinated. In all cases, a combined chelate-bridged coordination is proposed as the most probable. The complexes were electrochemically stable in the potential range -1.0 to 1.0 V. They were also preliminary assayed toward some microorganisms together with the ligands, starting simple salts and solvents as test substances. In some cases, certain antimicrobial activity of the complexes was detected.

Two new Cu(II) mixed-ligand complexes with octadentate N,N?,N",N?"-tetrakis 2-pyridylmethyl))-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (tpmc) and potentially pentadentate ligands 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis(semicarbazone) (DAPsc2) or 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis(thiosemicarbazone) (DAPtsc2) were prepared. The general formulas: [Cu4DAPsc2(tpmc)2]ClO4)8. 5CH3COCH3. H2O and [Cu2 DAPtsc2(tpmc)](ClO4)4. 7C2H5OH were proposed on the basis of elemental analyses and conductometric measurements. The complexes were characterized by magnetic measurement, electronic absorption and IR spectroscopy. For the dinuclear complex, an exo coordination of Cu(II) with four nitrogens from tpmc and ?-bonded DAPtsc2 through sulfurs and possibly terminal hydrazinic (azomethine) nitrogens is assumed. For the tetranuclear complex, it is supposed that one DAPsc2 bridges two [Cu2tpmc]4+ units using oxygens and terminal hydrazinic nitrogens as ligators. Finally, some antibacterial activity of the complexes was found.

Two new Cu(II) complexes with N,N?,N",N???-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl) -1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (tpmc) and pseudohalides (NCO- or NCSe-) were isolated. Elemental analyses (C, H, N, Cu) corresponded to the formulas [Cu2(NCO)tpmc](ClO4)3. 2CH3CN and [Cu2(NCSe)2 tpmc] (ClO4)2. 2H2O. C2H5OH. The coordination mode of tpmc and these ambidentate pseudohalides, geometries spectral characteristics (VIS, IR) and other properties were compared with those of the previously described [Cu2(NCS)2tpmc] (ClO4)2. Antimicrobial activity towards selected bacteria and yeast was tested and found for the NCSe but not the NCO complex.