Helix Vol. 5: 600-604 (2014)
600 Copyright © 2014 Helix ISSN 2319 – 5592 (Online)
Biochemical Behavior of Some Newly Synthesized
Poly Nuclear Complexes of Tungsten
*V.K. Srivastava
*
Chemical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, D.S. College, Aligarh 202001 (UP)
*E mail: vksrivastava633@gmail.com, Phone: 9457192238
Received: 4
th
August 2014, Accepted: 11
th
August 2014, Published: 1
st
September 2014
Abstract:
Tungsten is of interest due to the role in Biological
stystem. DithioCarbamates, the derivative of
Dithiocarbamates acids are important on account of
their wide applications; it contains Sulphur donor
atoms which have tendency to from complexes with
Tungsten Metal. Polynuclear complexes of Tungsten
have been Synthesized and characterized by different
methods. Physical and Analytical measurements like
conductivity measurement, TLC Technique were
used to check the purity of Synthesized compounds.
Physico-chemical methods like IR, Electronic, 1H
1
NMR spectral studies have been used to find out the
geometry of Synthesized complexes. Result shows
that dithiocarbamates ion allows the formation of
strong multinuclear bridging complexes with
Tungsten metal with reduced tendency to dative
bond formation from metal to sulphur atom.
Biocidal studies of compounds against certain
microbial species have been carried out by serial
dilution method using BOD incubator to evaluate the
MIC (Minimum inhibitory concentration) value. On
the basis of MIC value it is interpreted that Tungsten
complexes are most active as compared to ligand
fragments. Plasmodium species were used for
antimalarial screening. Antimalarial activity is
expressed in IC
50
value. In addition The DNA
binding ability of the active compounds was
examined by using biophysical spectroscopic studies.
These studies indicate that the compounds can
intercalate and stabilize DNA. This work has great
importance in the field of Bioinorganic relevance
because there is a major relationship between the
Physiological role of the enzyme formate
dehydrogenase.
Key Words:
Antimalarial, Biocidal, DNA Binding affinity, Ic
50
value, Spectra, Synthesis.
Introduction:
The dithiocarbamates
[1]
were discovered as a class of
chemical compounds early in the history of
organosulphur chemistry. The parent compound,
dithiocarbamic acid can be obtained as colorless,
needles from its ammonium or sodium salts by
treatment with cold acid. The dithiocarbamate ligand
is one of those polyatomic ligands which can stablize
higher oxidation states of Transition metals in their
complexes. The strong metal binding properties of
dithiocarbamates are directly related with the
presence of two donor sulphur atoms which primarily
determine the nature of the metal that can be bound
and the strength of complexes formed. Multinuclear
compounds of Tungsten have been synthesized and
characterized by different methods. The compounds
of Tungsten have biological properties
[2]
which
include antimicrobial, antimalarial and anticancer
activities. Moreover drugs that are capable of
targeting DNA are of substantial interest because
their potential use in cancer chemotherapy.
Interaction between small molecules and DNA has
emerged as an area of research being widely
investigated. These interactions play a central role to
define the local structure of Nucleic acids as well as
to design novel drug. chemotherapeutic agents etc.
Metal complexes can bind to DNA through a series
of interactions like coordination by the DNA bases,
intercalation and Non-covalent interaction including
hydrogen bonding between the coordinated ligands
and phosphate oxygen atoms of the sugar phosphate
group. Binding may induce cleavage of Nucleic acids
which may be considered as an enzymatic reaction
comprising various biological processes as well as
biotechnological manipulation of genetic material.
The synthesized tungsten complexes were
studied for Biocidal effect, antimalarial activity and
as well as the effect of metal ion on the DNA binding
mode. This work has great importance in the field of
Bioinorganic relevance.
Materials and Methods
All chemicals and reagents were of reagent grade
solvents and chemicals were purified and dried by
Standard methods. The ligands and tetrathiometallate
of Tungsten were prepared by the reported
procedures, FTIR were recorded on Thermo Nicolet
Avatar 370. Electronic spectra on Varian Cary 2390
UV-Visible-NIR Spectrophotometer, NMR Spectra
on Bruker Avance III, 400 MHZ Spectrometer.