Tweaking the affinity of aryl‐substituted diazosalicylato‐ and pyridine ligands towards Zn (II) and its neighbors in the periodic system of the elements, Cu (II) and Cd (II), and their antimicrobial activity

A series of six new Zn (II) compounds, viz., [Zn(HL ASA ) 2 (Py) 2 ] ( 1 ), [Zn(HL MASA ) 2 (Py) 2 ] ( 2 ), [Zn(HL MASA ) 2 (4‐MePy) 2 ] ( 3 ), [Zn(HL CASA ) 2 (4‐MePy) 2 ] ( 4 ), [Zn(HL BASA ) 2 (Py) 2 ] ( 5 ), [Zn(HL BASA ) 2 (4‐MePy) 2 ] ( 6 ) and representative Cu (II) and Cd (II) complexes, viz., [Cu(HL ASA ) 2 (Py) 2 (H 2 O)] ( 7 ) and [Cd(HL BASA ) 2 (Py) 3 ] ( 8 ) [(HL XASA ) − = para ‐substituted 5‐[( E...