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Petya Marinova Dimitar Stoitsov Evelina Varbanova Yordanka Gaytanska Denica Blazheva Aleksandar Slavchev Plamen Penchev

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This article describes the synthesis of a new Pd (II) complex by using 2,4-dithiouracil (2,4-DTu) as a starting reagent and its structure elucidation. The coordination compound was analyzed by several methods, including melting point determination, UV-Vis, 1H NMR-solution state, 1H- and 13C-NMR solid state, HSQC, 1H-1H COSY, ATR and Raman spectroscopy. The metal complex was formed by mixing aqueous solutions of metal salts with the ligand dissolved in DMSO and water, along with NaOH, in a metal-to-ligand-to-base ratio of 1:4:2. Furthermore, the compound's antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as yeasts, was assessed. It should be noted that for the first time a biologically active mixed ligand complex of Pd (II) with 2,4-DTu and 2-Tu was obtained. The ligands 2,4-DTu and 2-thiouracil (2-Tu) are bidentately coordinated to Pd(II) through a deprotonated nitrogen atom and the adjacent heteroatom—sulfur or oxygen, respectively. Tentative structures of the Pd(II) complexes are proposed, in which DMSO-h₆ and H₂O may be located either in the inner or outer coordination sphere. The new Pd(II) complex exhibited a coordination number of 6 or 4, respectively. The newly formed coordination compound of the corresponding pyrimidine-based ligands, i.e. 2,4-dithiouracil and 2-thiouracil, with Pd (II) demonstrated the strongest activity against Staphylococcus aureus. It, also, showed a significant improvement in its antifungal activity in comparison with free ligand 2,4-dithiouracil.

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MARINOVA, Petya et al. Investigation of the complexation activity of pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dithione with Pd (II) and biological activity of the newly formed complex. Food Science and Applied Biotechnology, [S.l.], v. 9, n. 1, p. 173-183, mar. 2026. ISSN 2603-3380. Available at: <https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/article/view/532>. Date accessed: 19 may 2026. doi: https://doi.org/10.30721/fsab2026.v9.i1.532.