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Oscar E. Piro is affiliated with the National University of La Plata in Argentina. Their research primarily spans the fields of materials science and chemistry, with particular focus on materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry, and oncology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to X-ray diffraction in crystallography, crystallization and solubility studies, crystallography and molecular interactions, and crystal structures of chemical compounds. Additional areas of work include metal complexes synthesis and properties, carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, and synthesis and characterization of heterocyclic compounds.

Oscar E. Piro has published research in several journals, with frequent contributions to The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of Molecular Structure, New Journal of Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, and ChemistrySelect. Their most recent papers include:

  • Anticancer activity of a new copper(II) complex with a hydrazone ligand. Structural and spectroscopic characterization, computational simulations and cell mechanistic studies on 2D and 3D breast cancer cell models (2021, Dalton Transactions)
  • Intermolecular interactions in antipyrine-like derivatives 2-halo-N-(1,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)benzamides: X-ray structure, Hirshfeld surface analysis and DFT calculations (2020, New Journal of Chemistry)
  • Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Spectroscopic Characterization, DFT Calculations and Cytotoxicity Assays of a New Cu(II) Complex with an Acylhydrazone Ligand Derived from Thiophene (2021, Inorganics)
  • Multifunctional organometallic compounds for the treatment of Chagas disease: Re(I) tricarbonyl compounds with two different bioactive ligands (2023, Dalton Transactions)
  • Photo-Induced Partially Aromatized Intramolecular Charge Transfer (2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Oscar E. Piro include Gustavo A. Echeverría, Diego M. Gil, Sonia E. Ulic, and Jorge L. Jios.

Best Publications

  • Synthetic chalcones, flavanones, and flavones as antitumoral agents: biological evaluation and structure-activity relationships.

    Mauricio Cabrera;Macarena Simoens;Gabriela Falchi;M. Laura Lavaggi

  • Palladium(II) complexes of 2-benzoylpyridine-derived thiosemicarbazones: spectral characterization, structural studies and cytotoxic activity.

    Anayive P. Rebolledo;Marisol Vieites;Dinorah Gambino;Oscar E. Piro

  • Novel antitrypanosomal agents based on palladium nitrofurylthiosemicarbazone complexes: DNA and redox metabolism as potential therapeutic targets.

    Lucía Otero;Marisol Vieites;Lucía Boiani;Ana Denicola

  • Vanadium(V) complexes with salicylaldehyde semicarbazone derivatives bearing in vitro anti-tumor activity toward kidney tumor cells (TK-10): crystal structure of [VVO2(5-bromosalicylaldehyde semicarbazone)].

    Pabla Noblı́a;Marisol Vieites;Beatriz S. Parajón-Costa;Enrique J. Baran

  • Copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes with 2-benzoylpyridine-methyl hydrazone

    Angel A. Recio Despaigne;Jeferson G. Da Silva;Ana Cerúlia M. Do Carmo;Oscar E. Piro

  • Selective interaction of lower rim calix[4]arene derivatives and bivalent cations in solution. Crystallographic evidence of the versatile behavior of acetonitrile in lead(II) and cadmium(II) complexes.

    Angela F. Danil De Namor;Samir Chahine;Dorota Kowalska;Eduardo E. Castellano

  • Indazole N-oxide derivatives as antiprotozoal agents: synthesis, biological evaluation and mechanism of action studies

    Alejandra Gerpe;Gabriela Aguirre;Lucía Boiani;Hugo Cerecetto

  • Photochemical and photophysical reactions of fac-rhenium(I) tricarbonyl complexes. Effects from binucleating spectator ligands on excited and ground state processes

    J. Guerrero;O. E. Piro;E. Wolcan;M. R. Feliz

  • New Vanadium(V) Complexes with Salicylaldehyde Semicarbazone Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization, and in vitro Insulin-Mimetic Activity − Crystal Structure of [VvO2(salicylaldehyde semicarbazone)]

    Pabla Noblía;Enrique J. Baran;Lucía Otero;Patricia Draper

  • Copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes with 2-formylpyridine-derived hydrazones

    Angel A. Recio Despaigne;Jeferson G. da Silva;Ana Cerúlia M. do Carmo;Flavio Sives

  • Synthesis and biological properties of new 5-nitroindazole derivatives

    Vicente J. Arán;Carmen Ochoa;Lucı́a Boiani;Pablo Buccino

  • 2-Acetylpyridine- and 2-benzoylpyridine-derived hydrazones and their gallium(III) complexes are highly cytotoxic to glioma cells.

    Angel A.R. Despaigne;Gabrieli L. Parrilha;Jans B. Izidoro;Pryscila R. da Costa

  • Synthesis, crystal structure and spectroscopic characterization of a novel bis (oxo-bridged) dinuclear vanadium(V)-dipicolinic acid complex

    A.C. Gonzalez-Baró;E.E. Castellano;O.E. Piro;Beatriz S. Parajón-Costa

  • 1,2,5-Oxadiazole N-oxide derivatives as potential anti-cancer agents: synthesis and biological evaluation. Part IV

    Mariana Boiani;Hugo Cerecetto;Mercedes González;Mariela Risso

  • Photoinduced charge separation in R–CO2–Re(CO)3(2,2′-bipyridine) complexes. Two emitting charge transfer excited states

    E. Wolcan;G. Torchia;J. Tocho;O. E. Piro

  • CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA AND THERMAL ANALYSIS OF BIS(SACCHARINATO)BIS(PYRIDINE)ZINC(II)

    O. V. Quinzani;S. Tarulli;O. E. Piro;E. J. Baran

  • Synthesis and characterization of three new Cu(II)-dipeptide complexes.

    Gianella Facchin;Marı́a H. Torre;Eduardo Kremer;Oscar E. Piro

  • Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Salicylaldehyde 2-Chlorobenzoyl Hydrazone (H2LASSBio-466), Salicylaldehyde 4-Chlorobenzoyl Hydrazone (H2LASSBio-1064) and Their Zinc(II) Complexes

    Walfrido Bispo Júnior;Magna S Alexandre-Moreira;Marina A Alves;Anayive Perez-Rebolledo

  • Metal complexes of 2-benzoylpyridine semicarbazone: Spectral, electrochemical and structural studies

    Anayive Pérez-Rebolledo;Oscar E. Piro;Eduardo E. Castellano;Letícia R. Teixeira

  • Oxidovanadium(IV) and dioxidovanadium(V) complexes of tridentate salicylaldehyde semicarbazones: searching for prospective antitrypanosomal agents.

    Mariana Fernández;Lorena Becco;Isabel Correia;Julio Benítez

  • Study of 5-nitroindazoles' anti-Trypanosoma cruzi mode of action: Electrochemical behaviour and ESR spectroscopic studies

    Jorge Rodríguez;Alejandra Gerpe;Gabriela Aguirre;Ulrike Kemmerling

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduardo E. Castellano
Eduardo E. Castellano Universidade de São Paulo
Hugo Cerecetto
Hugo Cerecetto University of the Republic
Mercedes González
Mercedes González University of the Republic
Heloisa Beraldo
Heloisa Beraldo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Antonio Frontera
Antonio Frontera University of the Balearic Islands
Aamer Saeed
Aamer Saeed Quaid-i-Azam University
Alejandro Jorge Arvia
Alejandro Jorge Arvia National University of La Plata
César A.N. Catalán
César A.N. Catalán National University of Tucumán
Eliezer J. Barreiro
Eliezer J. Barreiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Luis Lezama
Luis Lezama University of the Basque Country

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