Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and structural investigations of new adduct compound of carbazole with picric acid: DNA binding and antimicrobial studies

A new adduct Carbazole Picric acid (CP) was synthesized and characterized by various physico-chemical and spectral techniques. In addition, X-ray analysis was carried out in order to scrutinize the crystal structure of the resulted adduct compound. The CP adduct exhibited noticeable growth inhibition against fungal and bacterial species. The binding of the CP adduct with CT-DNA was investigated by electronic absorption spectroscopy which indicated that the compound was bind to DNA via intercalation.