Synthesis, spectroscopic, thermal and antimicrobial studies of toluene-3,4-dithiolatoarsenic(III) derivatives with some oxygen and sulphur donor ligands

Replacement reactions of toluene-3,4-dithiolatoarsenic(III) chloride with oxygen and sulphur donor ligands like benzoic acid, thiobenzoic acid, anhydrous sodium acetate, thioacetic acid, phenol, thiophenol, sodium salicylate and thio glycolic acid in 1:1 molar ratio as well as disodium oxalate in 2:1 molar ratio in refluxing anhydrous benzene yielded toluene-3,4-dithiolatoarsenic(III) mono oxo or thio carboxylic or phenolic derivatives of the general formula SC6H3(CH3)SAsR {where R = OOCC6H5, SOCC6H5, OOCCH3, SOCCH3, OC6H5, SC6H5, OOCC6H4(OH), SCH2COOH} and SC6H3(CH3)-SAsOOC-COOAsS(CH3)C6H3S. These synthesized derivatives are yellow, yellow-brown solids/ liquids and are soluble in common organic solvents like benzene, chloroform, dichloromethane, dimethyl formamide, dimethyl sulphoxide etc. These derivatives have been characterized by melting point determination, molecular weight determination, elemental analysis (C, H, S and As), spectral (UV, IR, NMR (H-1 and C-13), ESI-Mass, SEM and powder X-ray diffraction) and thermal (TGA, DTA and DSC) studies. Some of these compounds have been screened for their antimicrobial activities using the disc diffusion method. These derivatives have shown good activity as antibacterial and antifungal agents on some selected bacterial and fungal strains, which increased on increasing the concentration. Chloroamphenicol and terbinafin were used as standards for the comparison. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.