Open Chemistry (Jun 2022)

Copper(ii) complexes supported by modified azo-based ligands: Nucleic acid binding and molecular docking studies

  • Tripathi Mamta,
  • Asatkar Ashish Kumar,
  • Antony Stalin,
  • Dash Mrinal Kanti,
  • Roymahapatra Gourisankar,
  • Pande Rama,
  • Sarkar Avijit,
  • Aldakheel Fahad M.,
  • Binshaya Abdulkarim S.,
  • Alharthi Nahed S.,
  • Alaofi Ahmed L.,
  • Alqahtani Mohammed S.,
  • Syed Rabbani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/chem-2022-0164
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. 505 – 516

Abstract

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Two new copper(ii) complexes [CuL1] (1) and [CuL2] (2) derived from azo-based ligands 2-hydroxy-5-p-tolylazo-benzaldehyde (HL1) and 1-(2-hydroxy-5-p-tolylazo-phenyl)-ethan-one (HL2) were synthesized. These two ligands and their metal complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance (1H and 13C), infrared, and UV/Vis spectroscopic techniques. Spectroscopy and other theoretical studies reveal the geometry of copper complexes, and their binding affinity towards nucleic acids are major groove binding.

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