Bis(phosphane)copper(I) and silver(I) dithiocarbamates: crystallography and anti-microbial assay

Nazzatush Shimar Jamaludin, and Siti Nadiah Abdul Halim, and Khoo, Chai-Hoon and Chen, Bao-Jing and See, Tian-Hong and Sim, Jiun-Horng and Cheah, Yoke-Kqueen and Seng, Hoi-Ling * and Tiekink, Edward R. T. * (2016) Bis(phosphane)copper(I) and silver(I) dithiocarbamates: crystallography and anti-microbial assay. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials, 231 (6). pp. 341-349. ISSN 2194-4946

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Abstract

The crystal and molecular structures of (Ph3P)2M[S2CN(Me)CH2CH2OH], M=Cu, isolated as a 1:1 dichloromethane solvate (1·CH2Cl2), and M=Ag (4) show the central metal atom to be coordinated by a symmetrically (1·CH2Cl2) and asymmetrically chelating (4) dithiocarbamate ligand. The distorted tetrahedral geometries are completed by two PPh3 ligands. The presence of hydroxyl-O–H···S(dithiocarbamate) hydrogen bonds leads to centrosymmetric dimeric aggregates in each crystal structure. In the molecular packing of 1·CH2Cl2, channels comprising 1 are formed via aryl-C–H···O interactions with the solvent molecules associated with the walls of the channels via methylene-C–H···S, π(aryl) interactions. For 4, the dimeric aggregates are connected via a network of aryl-C–H···π(aryl) interactions. Preliminary screening for anti-microbial activity was conducted. The compounds were only potent against Gram-positive bacteria. Some further selectivity in activity was noted. Most notably, all compounds were active against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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