Supplementary Material Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, thermal stability and biological studies of mixed ligand complexes of gemifloxacin drug and 2,2'-bipyridine with some transition metals Sadeek A. Sadeek• Sherif M. Abd El-Hamid• Walaa H. El-Shwiniy S. A. Sadeek () ● S.M. Abd El-Hamid ● Walaa H. El-Shwiniy Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt e-mail: s_sadeek@zu.edu.eg, Tel.: +20 01220057510; fax: +20 0553208213. Infrared spectra for (A) GMFX; (B) Bipy, (C) [Zn(GMFX)(Bipy)(H2O)2](CH3COO)2.H2O, (D) (E) [Pd(GMFX)(Bipy)(H2O)2]Cl2.H2O, [Ce(GMFX)(Bipy)(H2O)2](SO4)2.3H2O, (F) [ZrO(GMFX)(Bipy)Cl]Cl.2H2O, (G) [Th(GMFX)(Bipy)(H2O)2](NO3)4.3H2O and (H) [UO2(GMFX)(Bipy)](CH3COO)2.3H2O. Electronic absorption spectra for (A) [ZrO(GMFX)(Bipy)Cl]Cl.2H2O, (B) [Pd(GMFX)(Bipy)(H2O)2]Cl2.H2O, (C) [Ce(GMFX)(Bipy)(H2O)2](SO4)2.3H2O, (D) [Th(GMFX)(Bipy)(H2O)2](NO3)4.3H2O and (E) [UO2(GMFX)(Bipy)](CH3COO)2.3H2O. Mass spectra diagrams for for (A) [Zn(GMFX)(Bipy)(H2O)2](CH3COO)2.H2O, (B) [ZrO(GMFX)(Bipy)Cl]Cl.2H2O, (C) [Pd(GMFX)(Bipy)(H2O)2]Cl2.H2O, (D) [Ce(GMFX)(Bipy)(H2O)2](SO4)2.3H2O, (E) [Th(GMFX)(Bipy)(H2O)2](NO3)4.3H2O and (F) [UO2(GMFX)(Bipy)](CH3COO)2.3H2O. The diagrams of kinetic parameters of gemifloxacin, 2,2'-bipyridine and their complexes using Coats-Redfern (CR) and Horowitz-Metzger (HM) equations. 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 E. coli C. albicans P. aeruginosa A. awamori B.subtilis Alternaria sp S. aureus Statistical representation for biological activity of gemifloxacin, 2,2'-bipyridine and its metal complexes.