Schiff based organometallic compounds have been shown to have promising biological applications in medicine such as anti-fungal and cancer fighting properties. These Schiff based complexes were derived from common amino acids, various metal salts, primarily copper(II) chloride and copper(II) acetate and 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde N-oxide. The complexes being explored were already produced by Adrian Humboldt. However, the effectiveness of his syntheses will be analyzed in more detail. The products of the template syntheses will be characterized using infrared spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray analysis.