Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial Activity of Novel Schiff Bases Derived from 4‐Phenyl‐2‐aminothiazole and their Mn(II), Fe(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) Metal complexes

Novel Schiff bases and their metal complexes were derived from some hetero cyclic β-diketones with 4-phenyl-2-aminothiazole. All the synthesized compounds were confirmed their structure by Elemental analysis, FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, Mass spectra, TGA analysis and UV spectra. All the compounds were tested for their antibacterial activity. Spectroscopic measurements suggest that all Schiff base metal complexes are of type ML2.(H2O)2 (M=Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu) and all the metal complexes shows moderate antibacterial activity in the agar cup assay method.