Effect of the regiochemistry of butyl amide substituents on the solution-state structures of lanthanide(III) DOTA-tetraamide complexes

Tomoyasu Mani, Gyula Tircsó, Piyu Zhao, A. Dean Sherry, Mark Woods

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Abstract

The coordination geometry adopted by the lanthanide complexes of DOTA-tetraamldes Is a critical factor In determining their water exchange kinetics. Controlling the water exchange kinetics of DOTA-tetraamide complexes, and by extension their coordination geometry, is of particular interest because of the potential application of this class of complex as PARACEST MRI contrast agents. To facilitate the maximum CEST effect at the lowest pre-saturation powers much slower exchange kinetics are required than are commonly observed with these types of chelates. Complexes that adopt the more slowly exchanging square antiprismatic coordination geometry are therefore preferred; however, the factors that govern which coordination geometry Is preferred remain unclear. A series of DOTA-tetraamide complexes with butyl amide substituents In different regioisomeric configurations provides some insight into these factors. The population of each coordination geometry was found to vary substantially depending upon the regiochemistry of the butyl amide substituent. It was observed that the twisted square antiprism coordination geometry, usually favored In complexes with the larger lanthanide ions only, is also increasingly favored for certain DOTA-tetraamide complexes with the smaller lanthanides. This is in marked contrast to simple DOTA-tetraamide complexes such as DOTAM. The effect was more prevalent In complexes formed with more bulky and more electron donating amide butyl substituents. It Is also associated with loss of an innersphere water molecule from the complexes of later lanthanides that adopt the twisted square antiprismatic geometry. The complexes with seo-butyl substituents are inherently more complicated because of the introduction of a stereochemical center into each pendant arm. Unlike chiral complexes with larger amide substituents there is no "locking" effect of the orientation of the pendant arms In these complexes and up to four diastereoisomeric coordination isomers can be observed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)10338-10345
Number of pages8
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume48
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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