Title:Pyrazole and Benzimidazole Derivatives: Chelating Properties Towards Metals Ions
and their Applications
Volume: 26
Issue: 19
Author(s): Karim Chkirate*El Mokhtar Essassi
Affiliation:
- Laboratory of Heterocyclic Organic Chemistry, Pole of Competence Pharmacochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,
Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
Keywords:
Pyrazole, benzimidazole, synthesis, chelates, complexing, biological activities.
Abstract: Due mainly to their structural diversities, pharmacological, electrochemical, and
photophysical properties, the metal synthesis pyrazole and benzimidazole complexes were
extensively designed and developed. The nitrogen-containing ligands playing an important
role in coordination chemistry contain a wide variety of heterocyclic systems possessing one
or more nitrogen atoms as electron donors, such as pyridine, isoxazole, pyrazole, 1,2,4-
triazole, 1,3,5-triazine, quinoline, quinoxaline and benzothiazole. The structure of all ligands
and the corresponding metal complexes are established using elemental analysis, infrared
spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric
differential thermal analysis, static, magnetic susceptibility measurements,
electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR), UV-Vis spectroscopy, and conductivity
measurements.In this review, we report the synthesis and the chelating reactions of several heterocyclic ligands with
various metals such as transition metals and lanthanides. The photophysical and photochemical properties of the
metal complexes will also be presented and discussed.