New complexes based on benzimidazole and imidazole derivatives

Nitrogen and sulfur-based ligands are extensively studied as complexes with many metal ions. They have attracted great attention because of their potential applications in various fields of human interest such as antitumor, antiviral, antifungal, antibacterial and antioxidant drugs. In addition to the biological importance, diverse catalytic and magnetic properties of such compounds have been explored. Following our previous works related to the use of benzazole thioether as ligand for new coordination complexes, a new Mn, Co, Zn, Hg and Cd complexes containing a polydentate ligand, by combination of imidazole and benzimidazole fragments have been synthesized.