title: 1,2-hydroxypyridonates as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging: TREN-1,2-HOPO.
abstract: 1,2-Hydroxypyridinones (1,2-HOPO) form very stable lanthanide complexes that may be useful as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). X-ray diffraction of single crystals established that the solid-state structures of the Eu(III) and the previously reported [Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 5452] Gd(III) complex are identical. The recently discovered sensitizing properties of 1,2-HOPO chelates for Eu(III) luminescence [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 10 067] allow for direct measurement of the number of water molecules coordinated to the metal center. Fluorescence measurements of the Eu(III) complex corroborate that, in solution, two water molecules coordinate the lanthanide (q = 2) as proposed from the analysis of NMRD profiles. In addition, fluorescence measurements have verified the anion binding interactions of lanthanide TREN-1,2-HOPO complexes in solution, studied by relaxivity, revealing only very weak oxalate binding (KA = 82.7 +/- 6.5 M-1). Solution thermodynamic studies of the metal complex and free ligand have been carried out using potentiometry, spectrophotometry, and fluorescence spectroscopy. The metal ion selectivity of TREN-1,2-HOPO supports the feasibility of using 1,2-HOPO ligands for selective lanthanide binding [pGd = 19.3 (2), pZn = 15.2 (2), pCa = 8.8 (3)].
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460, USA.
authors.forename: Christoph J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Jocher
authors.forename: Evan G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Jide
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avedano
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botta
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aime
authors.forename: Kenneth N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Raymond
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011728:Pyridones / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D011728:Pyridones