Synthesis, characterization, molecular modeling, antioxidant and microbial properties of some Titanium(IV) complexes of schiff bases

Abstract The titanium(IV) complexes of Schiff bases derived from aroylhydrazine e.g. benzoylhydrazine, salicyloylhydrazine, nicotinic acid hydrazide with aldehyde or ketone are reported and characterized based on UV–vis spectroscopy, (Infra-red) IR spectra, 1 H NMR spectra, mass spectra, magnetic susceptibility and molar conductance measurements. Complexes are found to possess 1:2 (metal:ligand) stoichiometry. The prepared ligands were act as dibasic tridentate ligands. On the basis of experimental evidences octahedral geometry has been proposed for prepared complexes. Geometry was confirmed by the optimized structure obtained from computational study. The synthesized ligands, in comparison to their titanium(IV) complexes, were also screened for their microbial and antioxidant properties.