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Unraveling Multicopper [Cu3] and [Cu6] Clusters with Rare μ3-Sulfato and Linear μ2-Oxido-Bridges as Potent Antibiofilm Agents against Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Biological investigation of N -methyl thiosemicarbazones as antimicrobial agents and bacterial carbonic anhydrases inhibitors

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Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 2022, 37, 986
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Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by Mononuclear Copper Complexes of Bis-amide Ligands with N4 Donor: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation

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Design and biological evaluation of novel water-soluble complexes based on thiosemicarbazone as prospective anticancer agents

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Half-sandwich ruthenium–arene thiosemicarbazones complexes: Synthesis, characterization, biological evaluation and DFT calculations

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Recent developments on the potential biological applications of transition metal complexes of thiosemicarbazone derivatives

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Pyridine-2-thione and pyrimidine-2-thione derivatives of silver(I): Synthesis and structures of unusual dinuclear and polynuclear coordination compounds, [Ag2Cl2(pytH)2(dppm)], [Ag2Br2(pymtH)(PPh3)3] and {AgCl(pytH)2}n

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Triethylphosphinegold(I) Complexes with Secnidazole-Derived Thiosemicarbazones: Cytotoxic Activity against HCT-116 Colorectal Cancer Cells under Hypoxia Conditions

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Di-2-pyridylketone-N1-substituted thiosemicarbazone derivatives of copper(II): Biosafe antimicrobial potential and high anticancer activity against immortalized L6 rat skeletal muscle cells

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Developing a Copper(II) Isopropyl 2-Pyridyl Ketone Thiosemicarbazone Compound Based on the IB Subdomain of Human Serum Albumin–Indomethacin Complex: Inhibiting Tumor Growth by Remodeling the Tumor Microenvironment

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Efficient, reusable and phosphine-free Pd(II) catalysts based on 2-benzoylpyridinethiosemicarbazones for Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction in aqueous ethanol

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Recent Studies on the Antimicrobial Activity of Copper Complexes

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Copper(II) Complexes with Isomeric Morpholine-Substituted 2-Formylpyridine Thiosemicarbazone Hybrids as Potential Anticancer Drugs Inhibiting Both Ribonucleotide Reductase and Tubulin Polymerization: The Morpholine Position Matters

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Antimicrobial Activity of Rhenium Di- and Tricarbonyl Diimine Complexes: Insights on Membrane-Bound S. aureus Protein Binding

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Synthesis and structures of 3-nitro-salicylaldehyde-N-substituted thiosem-icarbazonates of copper(II): Novel bio-active materials against E. faecalis, E. coli, and K. pneumoniae

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Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Activity of Novel Cu(II) Complexes of 6-Methyl-2-Oxo-1,2-Dihydroquinoline-3-Carbaldehyde-4n-Substituted Thiosemicarbazones

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Recent Studies on the Antimicrobial Activity of Transition Metal Complexes of Groups 6–12

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Non-covalent interactions in thiosemicarbazone coordination chemistry: From crystal engineering to functional materials

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Biological properties of a new class of [Mo2O2S2]-based thiosemicarbazone coordination complexes

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Dopant-driven recombination delay and ROS enhancement in nanoporous Cd1-xCuxS heterogeneous photocatalyst for the degradation of DR-23 dye under visible light irradiation

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Synthesis and structure of palladium complexes with 2-benzoylpyridine -N(4) substituted thiosemicarbazones: Potential catalysts

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Synthesis and characterization of a copper (II) compound with a new N3Py2 core ligand: Influence of methyl substitution on structural parameters and catalytic mimicking activity

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Recent advancements in coordination compounds and their potential clinical application in the management of diseases: An up-to-date review

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Synthesis of 2‐Pyridyl Based N(1)‐Substituted Thiosemicarbazonates of Nickel(II) as Bioactive Materials against MRSA, S. aureus, S. typhimurium 2, and K. pneumonia

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Thiosemicarbazonecopper/Halido Systems: Structure and DFT Analysis of the Magnetic Coupling

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Structural characterization and anticancer studies of copper(II) and cobalt(III) complexes containing N,O-donor heterocyclic chelators

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