Sunlight irradiation of the reactions of either [M(CO) 6 ], M=Cr, Mo and W or [M 3 (CO) 12 ], M = Ru or Os with 1-(2'-Hydroxyphenyl)-3-(3``,4``dimethoxyphenyl)-2-propen-1-one, 1, in benzene were investigated. Three dinuclear complexes with molecular formulas [Cr 2 O 2 (ChO) 2 ], 2, [Mo 2 O 4 (ChO) 2 ], 3, [W 2 O 4 (ChO) 2 ], 4, were isolated from the reactions with 1. The corresponding reactions of 1 with group 8 cluster complexes produced the complexes, [Ru 3 (CO) 10 (ChO)], 5, and [Os 3 (CO) 10 (ChOH)], 6.All complexes were characterised by elemental analysis, infrared, 1 H-NMR, ( 13 C-NMR for 1), mass and ESR spectroscopy. The UV-vis spectra of the complexes showed visible bands due to either ligand-to-metal or metal-to-ligand charge transfer. Thermal properties of the complexes were investigated by TG thermogravimetric technique. The synthesized 1 (ligand) and its complexes were screened for their antibacterial activity against two gram positive bacteria, two gram negative bacteria and fungi candida albicans. The activity was compared with Amikacin as standard.