Mechanochemical Green Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial Evaluation of the N-Hydroxy-4-Phenylpyridine-2-Carboxamide Ligand and Its Mononuclear Mn (II), Co (II), Ni (II) and Cu (II) Complexes
A solvent-minimised mechanochemical approach was developed for the synthesis of N-hydroxy-4-phenylpyridine-2-carboxamide (HL) and its Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes. The ligand was designed as a multifunctional tridentate N, O′, O donor through the pyridyl nitrogen and the two oxygen atoms of the hydroxama...