Effect on the inhibitory activity of potential microbes on the complexation of methyl anthranilate derived hydrazide with Cu,Ni and Zn (II) metal ions

The hydrazide ligand 2-amino-(n-aminobezoyl)benzohydrazide [abh] have been synthesized and characterized by 1h-nmr,13c-nmr,es +-ms,elemental analyses and infrared studies. the ligand was complexed with ni(ii),cu(ii) and zn(ii) metal ions and were characterized by analytical and spectroscopic methods including elemental analyses,es +-ms,conductance,infrared,uv-visible and magnetic susceptibilities studies. infrared spectra show that the ligand form complexes through -nh 2 and carbonyl moieties,the elemental studies suggested the m(abh)x2 composition of the coordination compounds. the synthesized complexes were studied for their biological activities against gram negative bacteria including escherichia coli,salmonella typhi,enterobacter aerogenes,proteus vulgaris,pseudomonas aeruginosa,gram positive bacterial strains like staphylococcus aureus and fungus like candida albican. these activities show that the metal complexes are more active to the tested microbes as compared to neat ligand.