INTRODUCTION The Coordination compounds derived from Schiff bases with transition metals have been studied with wide scopeof their applications. It has emerged as a separate branch of coordination chemistry. The interest of the chemists in this field is developed due to novel structural features of these complexes and their utility in biological processes 1- 7 . The Coordination compounds of aryl hydrazones have been reported to act as inhibitor 8 . A survey of chemical literature indicated that few reports have appeared on the synthesis and characterization of metal complexes of salicylaldehyde-2-furoic acid hydrazide and its metal complexes, which undergoes to Keto-enol tautomerism. The present paper deals with the coordinating abilities of this ORIENTAL JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY www.orientjchem.org Est. 1984 An International Open Free Access, Peer Reviewed Research Journal ISSN: 0970-020 X CODEN: OJCHEG 2012, Vol. 28, No. (4): Pg.1927-1931 Transition Metal Complexes of 5-bromo Salicylaldehyde-2- furoic acid hydrazide; Synthesis and Characterisation MANISH KUMAR and P.N. SAXENA Department of Chemistry,Bareilly College, Bareilly - 243 005, India. *Corresponding author E-mail: manish.sonu.saxena@gmail.com (Received: September 12, 2012; Accepted: October 04, 2012) ABSTRACT A series of transition metal complexes of the ligand 5-bromo salicylaldehyde-2-furoic acid hydrazide have been prepared using Ti(III), Mn(III), V(III), Co(III), Fe(III), Ru(III) and Rh(III). The complexes have been characterized by elemental analyses, melting points, molar conductance, magnetic susceptibility measurement, electronic and infra red spectral studies. Based on these studies octahedral structures have been proposed for these complexes. The ligand has behaved in dibasic tridentate manner. The I.R. spectra of the complexes revealed non-participation of furan ring oxygen in coordination with the metal ions. Key words: Furan ring, Coordination, Octahedral & Transition metal. ligand which may lead to varied bonding and steriochemical behavior with different metal ions like Ti(III), Mn(III), V(III), Co(III), Fe(III), Ru(III), Rh(III). MATERIAL AND METHODS Ti(III) chloride was prepared in the laboratory by standard method while all other metals like Mn(III) chloride, V(III) chloride, Co(III) chloride, Fe(III) chloride, Ru(III) chloride and Rh(III) chloride were purchased from Loba Chemicals and used as such. 5-bromo salicylaldehyde (Merck) and 2-furoic acid hydrazide (Aldrich) were procured and used as such. The solvent like methanol, ethanol, DMSO, & DMF. Ethanol was double distilled before use. All other solvents were used as procured.