Interaction of palladium(II) coordination compounds with calf thymus DNA and their antibacterial activity

► Synthesis of substituted bipyridines and their Pd (II) complexes. ► Characterization by elemental analysis, IR, UV-visible, mass spectroscopic studies. ► All Pd(II) complexes have been tested for their antibacterial studies. ► The interaction of DNA with complexes has been measured.