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Heterobimetallic complexes of the type R2Si(HL)Cl2 and R2SiL2 (where R = Me, Et, Ph; L = ferrocenyl aroylhydrazone) have been synthesized at 40 °C to 50 °C and at room temperature (25 °C), respectively, and characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductance, infrared and NMR (1H, 13C and 29Si) spectral data. The ligands behave as bidentate, coordinating through the azomethine nitrogen and the oxygen in the amidic and the imidic acid forms of the ligand at low temperature and at room temperature, respectively. The ligands and their organosilicon complexes have been evaluated for the antifungal activity against Alternaria alternata, Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani, as well as antibacterial activity against gram negative, Escherichia coli and gram positive, Bacillus subtilis, at 28 °C. Organosilicon complexes of ferrocenyl aroylhydrazone were found to be more potent than the parent ligands. [...]