Issue 10, 2006
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Chemical Communications

Glycoconjugates of gadolinium complexes for MRI applications†

David A. Fulton,a   Elisa M. Elemento,a   Silvio Aime,b   Linda Chaabane,c   Mauro Bottad  and  David Parker*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, UK
E-mail: david.parker@durham.ac.uk

b Dipartimento di Chimica IFM, Università degli Studi di Torino, 7 Via Pietro Giuria 7, Italy

c Laboratoire RMN-CNRS UMR 5012 CPE, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, France

d Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Università del Piemonte Orientale “Amadeo Avogadro”, Via Bellini 25/G, Alessandria, Italy

Abstract

Examples of C-4 symmetric, medium MW conjugates incorporating 12 glucose or galactose groups linked via four dendritic wedges to a central Gd complex have been characterised; their enhanced relaxivity is interpreted in terms of effective motional coupling and large contributions from second sphere water molecules.

Graphical abstract: Glycoconjugates of gadolinium complexes for MRI applications

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B517997A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Dec 2005
Accepted
25 Jan 2006
First published
08 Feb 2006

Chem. Commun., 2006, 1064-1066

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D. A. Fulton, E. M. Elemento, S. Aime, L. Chaabane, M. Botta and D. Parker, Chem. Commun., 2006, 1064 DOI: 10.1039/B517997A

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