Ten metal complexes of vitamin B3/niacin: Spectroscopic, thermal, antibacterial, antifungal, cytotoxicity and antitumor studies of Mn(II), Fe(III), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Pd(II), Cd(II), Pt(IV) and Au(III) complexes

Ten coordination compounds, namely Mn(NA)2Cl2·4H2O (1), Fe(NA)Cl3(H2O)2 (2), Co(NA)2(NO3)2·6H2O (3), Ni(NA)Cl2·5H2O (4), Cu(NA)Cl2·3H2O (5), Zn(NA)(NO3)2·H2O (6), Pd(NA)2Cl2·H2O (7), Cd(NA)Cl2·H2O (8), Pt(NA)2Cl4·5H2O (9) and Au(NA)Cl3 (10) were obtained by the reactions of the corresponding transition metal salts with vitamin B3/niacin (NA) in the presence of 1:4 (v:v) distilled water: methanol solvent at 70 °C for about 30 min, and their suggested structures were determined by elemental analyses, molar conductivity, (infrared, UV–vis) spectra, effective magnetic moment in Bohr magnetons, electron spin resonance (ESR), thermal analysis (TG), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) as well as scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results revealed that in complexes 1, 3, 7, and 9 both of two NA ligand coordinates one metal ion to form four or six coordinated structures, while in compound 10, one NA ligand coordinate to Au+++ ion to form a square-planar geometry with N-bonded pyridine ligand is suggested, and (2, 4, 5, 6 and, 8) complexes have 1:1 structures. Antimicrobial and antitumor activities were assessment against some kind of (G+ and G−) bacteria, fungi and breast carcinoma cells (MCF-7-cell line).

► Ten coordination compounds of niacin were obtained.
► Suggested structures were determined spectroscopic techniques.
► Antimicrobial and antitumor activities were assessment.