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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
Synthesis and characterization of lanthanide(III) complexes with a mesogenic Schiff-base,
Pawan Raj Shakya1, Angad Kumar Singh1, T R Rao1
1Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India.
Abstract:
A mesogenic Schiff-base, N,N'-di-(4-decyloxysalicylidene)-2',6'-diaminopyridine, H2ddsdp (abbreviated as H2L3) that exhibits nematic mesophase, was synthesized and its structure studied by elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, NMR & IR spectral techniques. The Schiff-base, H2L3, upon condensation with hydrated lanthanide(III) nitrates, yields LnIII complexes of the general composition [Ln2(L3H2)3(NO3)4](NO3)2, where Ln=La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy and Ho. Among the metal complexes, only that of HoIII is found to be mesogenic with smectic-X and nematic phases. The IR and NMR spectral data imply a bi-dentate bonding of the Schiff-base in its zwitterionic form (as L3H2) to the LnIII ions through two phenolate oxygens, rendering the overall geometry of the complexes to seven-coordinated polyhedron, possibly distorted mono-capped octahedron.
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