title: Technetium(V) oxo complexes of substituted propylene diamine dioxime (PnAO) ligands: water-dependent interconversion between syn and anti isomers.
abstract: 99mTc and (99)Tc complexes of PnAO (propylene diamine dioxime) ligands monosubstituted in the 6-position [PnAO-6-R] were prepared and studied. Ligands substituted with an alkyl group or with no substituent (R = H, CH(3), or CH(2)CH(CH(3))(2)), gave only one Tc complex. However, for several other nonalkyl substituents (R = COOCH(3), OH, OCH(3), OCH(2)CH(3), F, CN, NHCOCH(3), and NHCOCH(2)CH(3)), two Tc complexes A and B were formed. Products A and B were assigned to the anti and syn TcO(PnAO-6-R) species, respectively, based on (1)H NMR results. X-ray structure analyses supported these assignments. The A (anti) isomer of TcO(PnAO-6-OH) had the chemical formula TcC(13)H(25)N(4)O(4) and crystallized in an orthorhombic system with space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) and Z = 4; a = 12.744(2) A, b = 13.591(2) A, c = 9.976(2) A. The B (syn) isomer of TcO(PnAO-6-CN) had the chemical formula TcC(14)H(24)N(5)O(3) and was a 1:4 mixture of two monoclinic polymorphs: individual rectangular prisms (space group P2(1)/c, Z = 4) and clusters of intergrown twinned rectangular rods (space group Cc, Z = 8). For the prisms, a = 12.457(1) A, b = 13.932(1) A, c = 10.336(1) A, and for the rods, a = 31.344(5) A, b = 6.993(1) A, c = 21.657(2) A. The syn and anti isomers interconverted in the presence of water; nonequilibrium mixtures of epimers remained unchanged under dry conditions. The HPLC behavior under reversed phase conditions was consistent with on-column interconversion (poor resolution), whereas the two isomers were cleanly resolved under drier normal phase conditions. An oxo inversion mechanism involving trans water attack is proposed for the interconversion process. Water also influenced the position of equilibrium of the two isomers. The syn isomer was stabilized in water relative to the anti isomer.
authors: Bracco Research USA, 305 College Road East, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA. j_cyr@diatide.com
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Cyr
authors: D P
authors: DP
authors: Nowotnik
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Pan
authors: J Z
authors: JZ
authors: Gougoutas
authors: M F
authors: MF
authors: Malley
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Di Marco
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Nunn
authors: K E
authors: KE
authors: Linder
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008024:Ligands; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010091:Oximes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008024:Ligands; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C432023:technetium Tc 99m-propylene diamine dioxime