Synthesis, characterization and anticancer studies of some morpholine derived Schiff bases and their metal complexes

Abstract

This paper reported series of complexes and their modes of coordination. The series consist of N,N',O-donor Schiff base formed by condensation reaction of 2-hydroxyacetophenone with 4-(2-aminoethyl)morpholine. The ligand and complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, NMR and UV/Visible spectroscopy. The complexes showed moderate cytotoxicity mediated on MCF-7 breast cancer cell line and were selective to some extent when compared to the WRL68 normal liver cell line.