Abstract

Metal complexes of a novel Schiff base derived from condensation of p-toluic hydrazide and o-Vanilin are
reported and characterized based on elemental analyses, FT-IR, 1H-NMR, UV-Visible, VSM, Molar
conductance, ESR Spectroscopy, Powdwe XRD, micro analytical data and also found to be an anti bacterial
activity. The magnetic properties of these Mn (II), Co (II), Ni (II) and Cu (II) complexes are 5.20 B.M. 4.93
B.M., 3.2 B.M and 1.63 B.M respectively. This result clearly indicates that the metal complexes of this ligand
show octahedral geometry. The IR spectrums of these Schiff base metal complexes shows bands at 1603 cm-1,
1597 cm-1, 1598 cm-1, and 1591 cm-1 respectively, which is assigned to (C=N) stretching vibrations, a
fundamental feature of azomethine group. The anti bacterial results also indicate that the metal complexes are
better antibacterial agents as compared to the Schiff base. All the metal chelates are found to be non-
electrolytes.