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Sandrine Pacquelet
Easy access to heterobimetallic complexes for medical imaging applications via microwave-enhanced cycloaddition
The Cu(I)-catalysed Huisgen cycloaddition, known as “click” reaction, has been applied to the synthesis of a range of triazole-linked porphyrin/corrole to DOTA/NOTA derivatives. Microwave irradiation significantly accelerates the reaction. The synthesis of heterobimetallic complexes was easily achieved in up to 60% isolated yield. Heterobimetallic complexes were easily prepared as potential MRI/PET (SPECT) bimodal contrast agents incorporating one metal (Mn, Gd) for the enhancement of contrast for MRI applications and one “cold” metal (Cu, Ga, In) for future radionuclear imaging applications. Preliminary relaxivity measurements showed that the reported complexes are promising contrast agent…
Synthetic strategy for preparation of a folate corrole DOTA heterobimetallic Cu–Gd complex as a potential bimodal contrast agent in medical imaging
Abstract An efficient sequential route to synthesize heterobimetallic complexes is reported herein. A folate, Cu corrole, Gd DOTA complex that addresses the requirements of a potential contrast agent (CA) for bimodal imaging (e.g., MRI/PET) is reported. The over-expression of the folate receptor in a variety of malignant tumors, along with its limited expression in healthy tissues, makes this an attractive tumor-specific molecular target. Synthesis of a bimetallic ligand potentially targeting the folate receptor, was easily achieved in only a few steps. Interestingly, preliminary studies showed that the relaxivity of the folic heterobimetallic derivative was higher in comparison to a clinic…
Ligand Noninnocence in Cobalt Dipyrrin–Bisphenols: Spectroscopic, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Insights Indicating an Emerging Analogy with Corroles
Three cobalt dipyrrin-bisphenol (DPPCo) complexes with different meso-aryl groups (pentafluorophenyl, phenyl, and mesityl) were synthesized and characterized based on their electrochemistry and spectroscopic properties in nonaqueous media. Each DPPCo undergoes multiple oxidations and reductions with the potentials, reversibility, and number of processes depending on the specific solution conditions, the specific macrocyclic substituents, and the type and number of axially coordinated ligands on the central cobalt ion. Theoretical calculations of the compounds with different coordination numbers are given in the current study in order to elucidate the cobalt-ion oxidation state and the innoc…
CCDC 1880078: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
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