Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc.

Mallinckrodt Specialty Chemicals Company

Rebecca A Wallace

David H White

Dennis A Moore

Youlin Lin

Muthunadar P Periasamy

Raghavan Rajagopalan

Mills T Kneller

Steven R Woulfe

David M Wong

Thomas J Dunn

T Jeffrey Dunn

Mark E Bosworth

Richard G Johnson

Milorad M Rogic

Warren E Hall

Stephen R Cooper

William Z McCarthy

Muthanadar P Periasamy

Michael R Hynes

The present invention provides compositions comprising a contrast agent capable of reversibly binding to thiol groups of blood-borne proteins. The compositions of the invention provide increased residence time of the contrast agent in the vasculature, thus providing effective blood pool contrast agents. The invention also provides methods for imaging a patient comprising administering a composition of the invention and obtaining an image.

Magnetic resonance blood pool agents bound to human serum albumin

The present invention provides new and structurally diverse compositions comprising compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein A is N or CR.sub.1, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl, where the alkyl or aryl group may be optionally substituted with one or more hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 hydroxyalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 hydroxyaryl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryloxy, --CO.sub.2 R.sub.2, --CONR.sub.3 R.sub.4, or NR.sub.3 R.sub.4 ; R.sub.2 -R.sub.7 are as defined within; g, h, i, j, k and m may be the same or different and are an integer from one to about six; X is --CO.sub.2 H, --PO.sub.3 H.sub.2, --SO.sub.3 H or --CONHOH. Methods for imaging including MRI, X-ray and radiation diagnosis using compositions of the invention are also provided.

Functionalized tripodal ligands for x-ray & radioactive imaging

The present invention provides new and structurally diverse compositions comprising compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## Wherein V is CR.sub.1 or N; W is CR.sub.2 or N; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be the same or different and are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl, optionally R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be substituted by one or more hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 hydroxyalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 hydroxyaryl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryloxy, --CO.sub.2 R.sub.3, CONR.sub.4 R.sub.5, or --NR.sub.4 R.sub.5 ; X and Y may be the same or different and the O, NR.sub.6, S, or CR.sub.7 R.sub.8 ; R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 may be the same or different and are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 hydroxyalkyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxyalkyl; R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 may form a 5 or 6 membered carbocyclic ring optionally containing singularly or in combination nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur; a, b, c, d and e may be same or different and are zero to about 10; and Z is --CO.sub.2 H, --PO.sub.3 H.sub.2, --SO.sub.3 H, or --CONHOH. Methods for imaging using compositions of the invention as diagnostic imaging agents are also provided.

Functionalized aza-crytand ligands for diagnostic imaging applications

The present invention provides new and structurally diverse compositions for diagnostic imaging comprising compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein A is N or CR.sub.1, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl, where the alkyl or aryl group may be optionally substituted with one or more hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 hydroxyalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 hydroxyaryl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryloxy, --CO.sub.2 R.sub.2, --CONR.sub.3 R.sub.4, or NR.sub.3 R.sub.4 ; D is O, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.2 O--, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.3 O--, or NR.sub.5 ; E is O, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.2 O--, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.3 O-- or NR.sub.6 ; F is O, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.2 O--, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.3 O-- or NR.sub.7 ; R.sub.2 -R.sub.7 are as defined within; g, h, i, j, k and m may be the same or different and are an integer from one to about six; X is --CO.sub.2 H, --PO.sub.3 H.sub.2, --SO.sub.3 H or --CONHOH.

Functionalized tripodal ligands for imaging applications

The use of a minimal excess of acetoxyacetylchloride as a reagent in the synthesis of N,N'-bis(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-5-N-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)glycolamido-2,4,6-triio doisophthalamide.

Synthesis of ioversol using a minimal excess of acetoxyacetylchloride

X-ray contrast agents, compositions and methods

Novel magnetic resonance imaging agents comprise complexes of paramagnetic ions with hydrazide derivatives of polyaminocarboxylic acid chelating agents. These novel imaging agents are characterized by excellent NMR image-contrasting properties and by high solubilities in physiological solutions. A novel method of performing an NMR diagnostic procedure involves administering to a warm-blooded animal an effective amount of a complex as described above and then exposing the warm-blooded animal to an NMR imaging procedure, thereby imaging at least a portion of the body of the warm-blooded animal.

Polyazamacrocycles for magnetic resonance imaging

Methods and compositions for enhancing magnetic resonance imaging in at least a portion of a warm-blooded animal.

Compositions for magnetic resonance imaging

The use of reverse osmosis as an alternative or substitute method for the purification of a crude diagnostic agent. X-ray contrast agent, magnetic resonance imaging agent, or radiopharmaceuticals are purified by passing through a cross-linked reverse osmosis membrane.

Purification of X-ray contrast agent, magnetic resonance imaging agent,

Complexes and compositions for magnetic resonance imaging

The use of reverse osmosis as an alternative or substitute method for the purification of a crude diagnostic agent. In the purification process a crude Ioversol solution is contacted with a cross-linked membrane under pressure, forcing the low molecular weight impurities within the crude Ioversol solution through the membrane pores and retaining Ioversol molecules.

Purification of crude Ioversol using reverse osmosis

Complexes and compositions for magnetic resonance imaging and usage

Composition for magnetic resonance imaging

3,17-(diethoxycarbonyl)normorphine, which may be prepared by reaction of morphine with ethyl chloroformate, is converted to 3,17-(diethoxycarbonyl)normorphinone, a novel compound, by oxidation. The novel normorphinone derivative is converted to 3,17-(diethoxycarbonyl)normorphinone enol acetate, a second novel compound, by esterification with acetic anhydride or acetyl halide. A 14-hydroxy group is introduced into the novel dienol ester by oxidation with peracid. The resultant 14-hydroxy-3,17-(diethoxycarbonyl)normorphinone, a third novel compound, may be catalytically hydrogenated to produce 3,17-(diethoxycarbonyl)noroxymorphone. The latter intermediate may be converted to noroxymorphone by hydrolysis.

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Manchester, MO, United States of America

Rebecca A Wallace