Harnessing the dual antimicrobial mode of action with a lipophilic Mn(ii) complex using the principle of the Irving–Williams Series to completely eradicate Staphylococcus aurous

Abstract

The judicious selection of 5,7-dibromo-2-methy-8-quinolinol (BQ) as a Mn(II) ionophore results in the synthesis of Mn(BQ)2(DMSO)2·DMSO (1), a potent metalloantibiotic with a dual antimicrobial mode of action against four different...