Research Article

Axially Ligated Zirconium(IV) Tetraphenylporphyrin: Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Activity

Table 6

In vitro antibacterial evaluation of free base porphyrin and the corresponding zirconium(IV) porphyrin complexes.

PORPHYRIN
K. pneumoniae S. aureus E. faecalis A. denitrificans B. cereus M. luteus B. subtilis Campylobacter

H2TPP1
Zr(TPP)(acac)(phO)1.25
Zr(TPP)(acac)(p-NH2phO)1.5
Zr(TPP)(acac)(p-ClphO)1.5
Zr(TPP)(acac)(p-OCH3phO)1
Zr(TPP)(acac)(-naphtholate)11.151.11.251.11.51.751
Zr(TPP)(acac)(p-NO2phO)211.51.51.21.42.51.5
Zr(TPP)(acac)(p-CH3phO)10.71.70.90.70.7
Zr(TPP)(acac)(o,p-Cl2phO)0.91.25
Zr(TPP)(acac)(o,p-(NO2)2phO)1.251.2521.5
Control chloramphenicol 2.52.11.422.2522