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Synthesis and biological activity of glyoxal and benzil bisthiosemicarbazones and their chelates with copper (2+) ions
TR Ovsepyan, DM Terdzhanyan, FG Arsenyan…
Index: Ovsepyan, T. R.; Terdzhanyan, Dzh. M.; Arsenyan, F. G.; Stepanyan, G. M.; Garibdzhanyan, B. T.; et al. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal, 1989 , vol. 23, # 6 p. 475 - 478 Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, 1989 , vol. 23, # 6 p. 678 - 682
The starting materials used were 4-allyl-, 4-phenyl-, and 4-(4-alkoxybenzyl)-substituted thiosemicarbazides, obtained by reacting the appropriate isothiocyanates with hydrazine hydrate. These thiosemicarbazides were chosen on the basis that their presence in monothiosemicarbazones is reported [5] to result in a considerable decrease in toxicity and a substantial increase in the therapeutic effectiveness of the compounds.