Synthesis and in vitro Evaluation of Palladium (II) Salicylaldiminato Thiosemicarbazone Complexes Against Trichomonas vaginalis

ORCID

Kirkwood M. Land: 0000-0001-5951-9630

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Department

Biological Sciences

ISSN

0162-0134

Volume

105

Issue

12

DOI

10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2011.07.023

First Page

1562

Last Page

1568

Publication Date

12-1-2011

Abstract

Eight mononuclear Pd(II) complexes containing salicylaldiminato thiosemicarbazones (saltsc-R; where R = H (1), 3-OMe (2), 3-tBu (3) and 5-Cl (4)) as dinegative tridentate ligands were prepared by the reaction of the corresponding thiosemicarbazone with the precursor Pd(L)2Cl2 (L = phosphatriazaadamantane or 4-picoline) in the presence of a weak base. These complexes (9–16) were characterised by a range of spectroscopic and analytical techniques including NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. These complexes along with four other Pd(II) analogues (5–8) were screened for activity in vitro against the Trichomonas vaginalis parasite. Preliminary results show that the type of ancillary ligand as well as the substituents on the aromatic ring of the salicylaldiminato thiosemicarbazone ligand influences the antiparasitic activity of these complexes.

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