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Two Series of organochalcogen compounds were prepared. The first series was prepared by the reaction of 2chloro-N-arylacetamide (where aryl is benzyl, phenyl, o-toluene, or p-toluene) with sodium hydrogen selenide (prepared in situ) to give diorganyl selenide compounds (R2Se). The second series was prepared by reaction of Nbenzyl-2-chloro-N-(2-chloroacetyl) acetamide with sodium chalcogenate , Na2E (where E= S, Se, and Te) to give the corresponding cyclic chalcogenide compounds. Diiodo derivatives of cyclic selenide and telluride were also prepared. The thermal stability of the new selenium compounds (R2Se) were decomposed at 300 o C. Thermogram showed a phase transfer point between 120-150 o C indicating that these compounds may act as liquid crystal compounds. All new compounds were characterized by CHN elemental analysis, UV-Visible, FT-IR and 1 H NMR spectroscopic data.

Ten chalcogen and mercury bearing compounds based on 4-aminobenzoic acid (i.e., (2-amino-5-(ethoxycarbonyl)phenyl)mercury(II) chloride (1), (2-amino-5-(ethoxycarbonyl)phenyl) phenyl selenide (2), (2-amino-5-(ethoxycarbonyl)phenyl) phenyl telluride (3), (4-carboxyphenyl)mercury(II) chloride (4), 4-selenocyanatobenzoic acid (5), 4-tellurocyanatobenzoic acid (6), bis(4-carboxyphenyl) diselenide (7) bis(4-carboxyphenyl) ditelluride (8), bis(4-carboxyphenyl) selenide (9) bis(4-carboxyphenyl) telluride (10) were prepared and characterized by various spectroscopic techniques. All compounds were screened for antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacterial strains of Staphylococcus aureus and the Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli by using the disk diffusion technique. The antibacterial activity of these compounds was dependent on the molecular structure of the compounds, and the bacterial strain under consideration.