Some divalent metal(II) complexes of salicylaldehyde‐derived Schiff bases: Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, antimicrobial and in vitro anticancer studies

Mononuclear transition metal(II) complexes of the type M(L) 2 ⋅2H 2 O (where M = Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) have been synthesized from uninegative Schiff base ligands (HL 1 –HL 4 ) designed by condensation of 4‐fluorobenzylamine with 2‐hydroxy‐1‐naphthaldehyde/3,5‐dichlorosalicylaldehyde/3,5‐dibromosalicylaldehyde/3‐bromo‐5‐chlorosalicylaldehyde. The compounds were successfully characterized using spectroscopic and physiochemical methods together with...