Abstract
New nanomeric 3-thioxo-5-methoxy-4,5-dihydro-6-methyl-9-unsubstituted/substituted-1,2,4-triazino[5,6-b]indoles (2a-c) and 3-thioxo-5-methoxy-4,5-dihydro-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,4-triaino[5,6]-cyclobut-6-ene (3) were prepared via reaction of thiosemicarbazide with 5-unsubstituted- and/substituted-indol-2,3-diones and/or 3,4-dihydroxycyclobutane-1,2-dione in methanol-concentrated HCl at room temperature. A series of mercury(II)-ligand salts e. g. compound 4b and Hg(II) complexes 5a, b and 6 of cyclic Schiff base were prepared. Structures of these compounds were established by elemental analysis and spectral measurements. The redox characteristics of selected compounds were studied for use as chelating agents for stripping voltammetric determination of mercuric(II) ions in aqueous media. The compounds were also screened for their use as molluscicidal agents against Biomophalaria Alexandrina Snails responsible for Bilhariziasis. (C) 2011 Production and hosting by Elsevier B. V. on behalf of King Saud University.