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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a critical global health threat by rendering existing antibiotics ineffective against infections, leading to increased mortality, prolonged illnesses, and higher healthcare costs. Developing new antibiotics is essential to combat resistant pathogens, safeguard modern medical procedures, and prevent a return to a pre-antibiotic era where common infections become untreatable. We report a series of chiral tricarbonyl rhenium(I) complexes incorporating enantiopure pinene-substituted bipyridine ligands (L#) of the general formula -[Re(CO)L#X] and -[Re(CO)L#Py] (where X = Cl or Br and Py = pyridine). These complexes were isolated as mixtures of two diastereomers, characterized by standard techniques, and evaluated for cytotoxic activity against methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive (MRSA and MSSA). The results revealed notable antibacterial efficacy (MIC = 1.6 μM), reflected in high therapeutic indices (Ti > 10). In contrast, analogous complexes bearing non-chiral 2,2'-bipyridine ligands exhibited no activity, underscoring the critical role of chirality in modulating biological interactions at the molecular level. These findings highlight the potential of chiral Re(I) complexes as promising scaffolds for the development of more potent and selective antibacterial agents.
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