Abstract
Several new hexa-coordinated ruthenium(III) complexes of the type [RuX2(EPh3)2(LL′)], (X = Cl or Br; E = P or As) [where LL′ = morpholinedithiocarbamate (Morphdtc), piperidinedithiocarbamate (Pipdtc) and piperazinedithio-carbamate (Pzdtc) have been synthesised. In all these complexes the heterocyclic dithiocarbamates behave as a uninegative bidentate (SS) chelating ligand. It has been observed that the incoming ligand replaces a halide, a tertiary phosphine/arsine and methanol from the starting complexes. All the complexes have been characterised on the basis of analytical and spectroscopic data. The new complexes showed a reasonable amount of antifungal activities.