Complexes of N-phenyl-N′-2-furanthiocarbohydrazide with oxovanadium(IV), manganese(III), iron(III), cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II) and zinc(II)

A new ligand, N-phenyl-N′-2-furanthiocarbohydrazide (HPhfth), and its complexes with VOIV, MnIII, FeIII, CoII, NiII, CuII and ZnII have been prepared and characterized by elemental analyses, magnetic susceptibility measurements, i.r., n.m.r., u.v.–vis., mass and FAB mass spectral data. The room temperature e.s.r. spectra of the VOIV, FeIII and CuII complexes yield <g> values characteristic of square pyramidal VOIV, octahedral FeIII and square planar CuII, respectively. The NiII and CuII complexes semiconduct, but the ZnII complex is an insulator at room temperature. However, the conductivity increases as the temperature increases from 303–383 K, with a band gap of 0.21–1.01 eV. HPhfth and its soluble complexes have been screened against several bacteria and fungi.