Spectroscopic, thermal and biological studies of the coordination compounds of sulfasalazine drug: Mn(II), Hg(II), Cr(III), ZrO(II), VO(II) and Y(III) transition metal complexes.

The complexations of sulfasalazine (H3Suz) with some of transition metals have been investigated. Three types of complexes, [Mn(HSuz)-2(H2O)4] x 2H2O, [M(HSuz)-2(H2O)2] x xH2O (M=Hg(II), ZrO(II) and VO(II), x=4, 8 and 6, respectively) and [M(HSuz)-2(Cl)(H2O)3] x xH2O (M=Cr(III) and Y(III), x=5 and 6, respectively) were obtained and characterized by physicochemical and spectroscopic methods. The IR spectra of the complexes suggest that the H3Suz behaves as a bidentate ligand. The thermal decomposition of the complexes as well as thermodynamic parameters (DeltaE*, DeltaH*, DeltaS* and DeltaG*) were estimated using Coats-Redfern and Horowitz-Metzger equations. In vitro antimicrobial activities of the H3Suz and the complexes were tested.