Comparative Bioactivity Study of some Organotin (IV) 2-Chlorobenzoate compounds as Disinfectant agent

This research was carried out to study the bioactivitytest as disinfectant of two derivatives of organotin(IV) carboxylate compounds; diphenyltin(IV) di-2-chlorobenzoate (DPT2-CBz) (2) and triphenyltin(IV) 2-chlorobenzoate (TPT2-CBz) (4), against two pathogenic bacteria. Compounds 2 and 3 were successfully prepared by reactingdiphenyltin(IV) oxide (DPTO) (1) and triphenyltin(IV) hydroxide (TPTOH) (3) with 2-chlorobenzoic acid(2-HCBz)with yieldsof 87.71% and 88.73%, respectively. The characterization of the synthesized compounds was performed with several spectroscopy techniques such as UV, IR, 1HNMR, 13CNMR, and microelemental analyzer. The optical density (OD) test for both compounds measured using UV-Vis at 600 nm showeda goodbioactivity against two bacteria, Gram-negative Salmonella sp. and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus. The data revealed that compound 4 has bigger bioactivity than compound 2 and the positive control ofcommercial disinfectant (2.5% pine oil). The bioactivity of compound 4was optimum at concentration of 5x10-4 M and contact timeof 15 minutes.These data corresponding to the decrease of absorbance from 0.6640 to 0.0955 for Salmonella sp., and 0.6565 to 0.1295 for S. aureus, whereas although compound 2reached the optimum activityat the same concentration and contact time with compound 4, but the decrease of absorbance was less namely 0.6640 to 0.1305 for Salmonella sp., and 0.6565 to 0.196 for S. aureus. The decrease of absorbance in the measurement of OD implies that both compounds are potential to be used as disinfectant agent.