Abstract
Three new solid complexes of pipemidic acid (Pip–H) with Ru
3+
, Pt
4+
and Ir
3+
were synthesized and characterized. Pipemidic acid acts as a uni-dentate chelator through the nitrogen atom of the –NH piperazyl ring. The spectroscopic data revealed that the general formulas of Pip–H complexes are [M(L)
n
(Cl)
x
]·
y
H
2
O ((
1
) M = Ru
3+
, L: Pip–H,
n
= 3,
x
= 3,
y
= 6; (
2
) M = Pt
4+
, L: Pip–NH
4
,
n
= 2,
x
= 4,
y
= 0 and (
3
) M = Ir
3+
, L: Pip–H,
n
= 3,
x
= 3,
y
= 6). The number of water molecules with their locations inside or outside the coordination sphere were assigned
via
thermal analyses (TG, DTG). The DTG curves refer to 2–3 thermal decomposition steps where the first decomposition step at a lower temperature corresponds to the loss of uncoordinated water molecules followed by the decomposition of Pip–H molecules at higher temperatures. Thermodynamic parameters (
E
*, Δ
S
*, Δ
H
* and Δ
G
*) were calculated from the TG curves using Coats–Redfern and Horowitz–Metzeger non-isothermal models. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques were carefully used to assign properly the particle sizes of the prepared Pip–H complexes. The biological enhancement of Pip–H complexes rather than free chelate were assessed
in vitro
against four kinds of bacteria G(+) (
Staphylococcus epidermidis
and
Staphylococcus aureus
) and G(−) (
Klebsiella
and
Escherichia coli
) as well as against the human breast cancer (MCF-7) tumor cell line.