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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1994
Lidia M Vallarino, Richmond, VA (US);
Robert C Leif, San Diego, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Symmetrically di-functionalized water soluble macrocyclic complexes of lanthanide, actinide and yttrium ions were obtained by metal templated, Schiff-base, cyclic condensation of: (1) a functionalized 1,2-diaminoethane and a dicarbonyl compound selected from the group consisting of 2,6-dicarbonylpyridine, 2,6-diformylpyridine, 2,5-dicarbonylfuran, 2,5-diformylfuran, 2,5-dicarbonyl-thiophene and 2,5-diformylthiophene; or (2) 1,2-diaminoethane and a ring-substituted heterocyclic dicarbonyl compound selected from a group consisting of substituted 2,6-dicarbonylpyridine, substituted 2,6-diformylpyridine, substituted 2,5-dicarbonylfuran, substituted 2,5-diformylfuran; substituted 2,5-dicarbonyl thiophene, and substituted 2,5-diformylthiophene. Asymmetrically functionalized water soluble macrocyclic complexes of the lanthanide, actinide and yttrium ions were obtained by metal templated, Schiff-base, cyclic condensation of appropriately substituted diamine and dicarbonyl precursors, with such precursors contributing two heteroaromatic moieties (pyridine, furan, thiophene, or a combination thereof) to the resulting macrocyclic structure. The coordination complexes thus formed are kinetically stable in dilute aqueous solution. They are further reacted, or coupled, through a substituent on the 1,2-diaminoethane or on the pyridine, furan, or thiophene moieties, to one of the following: proteinaceous materials, polysaccharides, polynucleotides, other biologically compatible macromolecules or bridging molecules which, can be further reacted or coupled to the above mentioned substrates. These macrocyclic complexes are suitable in the preparation of reporter molecules and for magnetic resonance, radiation imaging and radiation therapy.