Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (6): 864-868.doi: 10.1007/s40242-017-7108-8

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Structure and Enhanced Antifungal Activity of a Divalent Cobalt(II) Complex with Hexaconazole

ZHOU Jinhua, LI Jingjing, LI Jie, REN Guoyu, REN Yinghui, MA Haixia   

  1. School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, P. R. China
  • Received:2017-03-22 Revised:2017-07-12 Online:2017-12-01 Published:2017-08-21
  • Contact: REN Yinghui,E-mail:mahx@nwu.edu.cn;MA Haixia,E-mail:yiren@nwu.edu.cn E-mail:mahx@nwu.edu.cn;yiren@nwu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the Provincial Key-point Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi, China(No.2016JZ003) and the Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates in Northwest University, China(No.2016225).

Abstract: A new Co complex,[CoL4Cl2]·2CH3CH2OH(L=hexaconazole), was synthesized and characterized by means of elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal structural analysis shows that the centrosymmetric Co2+ is coordinated by four hexaconazole ligands and two Cl? to form a distorted octahedral geometry. The complex forms 1D chains through the intermolecular hydrogen bonds interaction of O-H…O and O-H…Cl. Furthermore, the antifungal activities of the complex against Grape anthracnose(I), Botryosphaeria berengriana(Ⅱ), Botryosphaeria ribis(Ⅲ) and Wheat gibberellic(IV) have been investigated and compared with those of the corresponding ligand. The results show that the complex has better antifungal activity than the ligand, which indicates that the coordination of the ligand and the metal enhances the antimicrobialactivity.

Key words: CoIIcomplex, Hexaconazole, Crystal structure, Antifungal activity