Preparation of organophilic montmorillonite-based dimethylamino benzaldehyde-Schiff-base as antibacterial agents

Publication date: March 2019Source: Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Volume 12, Issue 3Author(s): El-Refaie Kenawy, Mohamed Azaam, Khalil Saad-Allah, Ahmed El-AbdAbstractNew antibacterial composites were synthesized by modification and functionalization of montmorillonite (MMT). The antibacterial composites were synthesized by the reaction of MMT clay with the quaternary salt of p-N,N-dimethylamino benzaldehyde which produced modified functionalized montmorillonite composite in the form of Schiff bases. The Schiff bases (4–11) were obtained by the reaction of functionalized montmorillonite with various amines namely o-anisidine, anthranilic acid, p-carboxy aniline, p-methyl aniline, p-methoxy aniline, p-hydroxy aniline, p-nitro aniline and p-phenylene diamine. The structures of the newly prepared composites were elucidated by Fourier transform infra red (FT-IR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The antibacterial activities of these composites were investigated by the ‘cut plug’ method against Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens, Enterobacter cloacae, Shigella dysenteriae, Salmonella enterica and Proteus vulgaris, and Gram-positive such as Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus which showed high antimicrobial activities at relatively low concentrations (2.5–20 mg/mL). These promising results pave the way in the future to use the newly synthesized composites as antibacterial agents for water treatmen...
Source: Arabian Journal of Chemistry - Category: Chemistry Source Type: research