Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Apr 11;59(30):4531-4534. doi: 10.1039/d3cc00601h.
The hydration behaviour of coordination complexes is important for understanding their roles as bio-imaging agents. Determination of hydration is difficult, and various optical and NMR-based techniques have been used. Here we use EPR spectroscopy to unambiguously demonstrate that a -butyl-pyridyl-functionalised Er DOTA derivative coordinates water, while its methylphosphinate analogue does not.
配合物的水合行为对于理解它们作为生物成像剂的作用非常重要。水合的测定很困难,已经使用了各种基于光学和 NMR 的技术。在这里,我们使用 EPR 光谱学明确地证明了 -丁基-吡啶基功能化的 Er DOTA 衍生物与水配位,而其甲基膦酸盐类似物则不与水配位。