DNA interaction studies of Cu(II), Co(II), and Ni(II) chelates derived from schiff base ligand

Chelates of the type M(L)2 {where, M ​= ​Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II), and L ​= ​3-{(E)-[(2-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methylidene]amino}pyridin-4(1H)-one)} were synthesized by using the Schiff base ligand in the stochiometric ratio 2:1 (L:M) and Schiff base ligand (L) was synthesized by simple condensation between 2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde with 3-aminopyridin-4-ol. The structure and formation of synthesized compounds were established by different analytical and spectroscopic methods like, elemental analysis, UV- spectroscopy, FT-IR, Proton and Carbon NMR, mass spectrometry and Powder XRD. Further, the synthesized chelates screened for the DNA binding studies of Calf Thymus (CT)-DNA by exploiting electronic absorption spectra, relative viscosity measurements and thermal denaturation methods. The proposed DNA binding mode supports the enhancement in the binding activity of the complexes in presence of newly synthesized ligand. The cleavage activities of the PUC-18 DNA in the presence and the absence of the complexes were recorded with the help of gel-electrophoresis. The cleavage experiment results reveals that all the synthesized chelates can cleave pUC-18 DNA effectively. [Display omitted] •Synthesised a new schiff base ligand and further fabricated its metal Chelates.•Carried the optimization and the DFT studies of the synthesised compounds.•Carried out the DNA Binding studies by the different methods.Carried out the pUC-18 DNA cleavage study of the metal chelates.