Effects of different substituents on the crystal structures and antimicrobial activities of six Ag(I) quinoline compounds.

The syntheses and single crystal X-ray structures of [Ag(5-nitroquinoline)2]NO3 (1), [Ag(8-nitroquinoline)2]NO3·H2O (2), [Ag(6-methoxy-8-nitroquinoline)(NO3)]n (3), [Ag(3-quinolinecarbonitrile)(NO3)]n (4), [Ag(3-quinolinecarbonitrile)2]NO3 (5), and [Ag(6-quinolinecarboxylic acid)2]NO3 (6) are described. As an alternative to solution chemistry, solid-state grinding could be used to prepare compounds 1 and 3, but the preparation of 4 and 5 in this way failed. The Ag(I) ions in the monomeric compounds 1, 2, 5, and 6 are coordinated to two ligands via the nitrogen atoms of the quinoline rings, thereby forming a distorted linear coordination geometry with Ag-N bond distances of 2.

Synthesis and structure of silver complexes with nicotinate-type ligands having antibacterial activities against clinically isolated antibiotic resistant pathogens.

The synthesis and low-temperature X-ray crystal structures of five new silver complexes, [Ag(2)-mu-O,O'(2-aminonicotinium)(2)(NO(3))(2)](n) (7), [Ag(isonicotinamide)(2)-mu-O,O'(NO(3))](2) (8), [Ag(ethyl nicotinate)(2)](NO(3)) (9), [Ag(ethyl isonicotinate)(2)(NO(3))] (10), and [Ag(methyl isonicotinate)(2)(H(2)O)](NO(3)) (11), are presented and fully characterized by spectral and elemental analysis. The antimicrobial activities of these complexes were screened using 12 different clinical isolates belonging to four pathogenic bacteria, S. aureus, S.