Characterization and biological activities of two copper(II) complexes with dipropylenetriamine and diamine as ligands.

Two new mixed-ligand copper(II) complexes, [Cu(dipn)(NN)]Br2(1-2) [dipn=dipropylenetriamine, NN=ethylenediamine (en) (1) and propylenediamine (pn) (2)], have been synthesized. These complexes were characterized by spectroscopic and thermal techniques. Crystal structure for 2 shows a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry around Cu(II) ion with one solvate water molecule. Antimicrobial and antiproliferative assays were conducted to evaluate the biological activities of these complexes. The complexes exhibit a promising antimicrobial effect against an array of microbes at 200μg/mL concentration. The antiproliferative assay shows a high potential of these complexes to target Human keratinocyte cell line with IC50 values of 155 and 152μM. The absorption spectrum of 2 in water was modeled by time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT).