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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
An 17 O NMR study of diamagnetic and paramagnetic lanthanide-tris(oxydiacetate) complexes in aqueous solution
1Namur Institute of Structured Matter (NISM), University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Abstract:
17 O-enriched complexes between oxydiacetate ligand and several diamagnetic and paramagnetic lanthanide(III) metal ions (Ln) were investigated by solution-state 17 O NMR spectroscopy. The bound-state signals of chelating (Oin ) and nonchelating (Oout ) oxygen atoms of the carboxylate groups were observed for all the samples investigated. The data indicate that the 17 O line width is dominated by contributions from both quadrupole relaxation and chemical exchange in the case of Pr and Nd complexes. Dissection of the chemical shift induced by metal ions on Oin into Fermi contact and pseudocontact contributions was performed , and the hyperfine coupling constant (A/ℏ) was estimated. No evidence of structural changes within the series was detected.
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