Synthesis and Biological Properties of Cu(II) Complexes with 1,1′‐Disubstituted Ferrocenes

Abstract 1,1′‐Disubstituted ferrocenes have been prepared and used as chelating ligands in the preparation of Cu(II) compounds with a variety of anions such as nitrate, sulfate, oxalate, and acetate. These compounds have been characterized by physical, spectral, and analytical methods. Screening of these derivatives against pathogenic bacterial species such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumoniae showed all of them to possess varied bactericidal activity.