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Preparation, Purification, and Characterization of Lanthanide Complexes for Use as Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Published on: July 21, 2011
A series of dinuclear lanthanide complexes with slow magnetic relaxation for Dy2 and Ho2
Jin Zhang1, Haifeng Zhang1, Yanmei Chen1
1College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China. liyahong@suda.edu.cn weiliu@suda.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The employment of a new Schiff base ligand, 2-{[(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl)imino]methyl}naphthalen-1-ol (H2L), in 4f-metal chemistry has led to the formation of seven new isostructural lanthanide(iii) complexes. More specifically the 1 : 1 reaction of Ln(NO3)3·6H2O and H2L in ethanol in the presence of 3 equivalents of pyridine yielded seven dinuclear complexes of compositions [Ln2L2(NO3)2(C2H5OH)2]·0.5py (Ln = Eu (1), Gd (2), Tb (3), Dy (4), Ho (5), Er (6), Yb (7); py = pyridine). The structures of the isomorphous complexes 1-7 were determined by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. X-ray crystallography data reveal that each compound is neutral, and contains two doubly-deprotonated ligands, two chelated nitrates and two coordinated ethanol molecules. The two LnIII atoms in 1-7 are doubly bridged by the two phenolato oxygen atoms of two L2- ligands. Each of the two lanthanide ions is eight-coordinated and possesses distorted dodecahedron geometry. Dc magnetic susceptibility studies in the 2-300 K range reveal probably a weak antiferromagnetic interaction for 2, 3 and 6, and a ferromagnetic interaction at low temperature for 4 and 5. Complexes 4 and 5 show slow magnetic relaxation behavior. The Ueff for 4 of 66.7 K is a relatively high value among the reported Dy2 SMMs. Complex 5 is a very rare example of a Ho2 compound which exhibits slow magnetic relaxation.
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