Preparation, spectroscopic characterization and antimicrobial activities of mixed metal (Sb and Bi) bridged derivatives with mixed sulfur donor ligands

Joshi, Sapana; Chauhan, H. P. S.; Carpenter, Nitin

doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.08.063

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“…The sustained interest in the dithiocarbamate complexes of bismuth and antimony [1] could be attributed to several reasons. These include their structural diversity, which range from monomeric to polymeric supermolecular assemblies, their unique application as biological agents/catalysts, and utilisation in materials and surface chemistry [1][2][3][4]. In addition, the straightforwardness of their synthesis has also contributed to their increased attention [4].…”

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“…These include their structural diversity, which range from monomeric to polymeric supermolecular assemblies, their unique application as biological agents/catalysts, and utilisation in materials and surface chemistry [1][2][3][4]. In addition, the straightforwardness of their synthesis has also contributed to their increased attention [4]. The two elements, bismuth (Bi) and antimony (Sb), are both in Group 15 (pnictogen) of the Periodic Table [5,6].…”

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“…It is, therefore, easy to understand its biological targets [20]. Many complexes of Bi with different organic moieties have proven to be useful as antimicrobial [4], antileishmanial [26], and anticancer [20] agents.…”

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Chemistry and Some Biological Potential of Bismuth and Antimony Dithiocarbamate Complexes

Adeyemi

Onwudiwe

2020

Molecules

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Interest in the synthesis of Bi(III) and Sb(III) dithiocarbamate complexes is on the rise, and this has been attributed to their wide structural diversity and their interesting application as biological agents and in solid state/materials chemistry. The readily available binding sites of the two sulphur atoms within the dithiocarbamate moiety in the complexes confers a wide variety of geometry and interactions that often leads to supramolecular assemblies. Although none of the bismuth or antimony metals are known to play any natural biological function, their dithiocarbamate complexes, however, have proven very useful as antibacterial, antileishmanial, anticancer, and antifungal agents. The dithiocarbamate ligands modulate the associated toxicity of the metals, especially antimony, since bismuth is known to be benign, allowing the metal ion to get to the targeted sites; hence, making it less available for side and other damaging reactions. This review presents a concise chemistry and some known biological potentials of their trivalent dithiocarbamate complexes.

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