Synthesis and Relaxivity Studies of a DOTA-Based Nanomolecular Chelator Assembly Supported by an Icosahedral Closo-B122− -Core for MRI: A Click Chemistry Approach

An icosahedral closo-B122− scaffold based nano-sized assembly capable of carrying a high payload of Gd3+-chelates in a sterically crowded configuration is developed by employing the azide-alkyne click reaction. The twelve copies of DO3A-t-Bu-ester ligands were covalently attached to an icosahedral c...

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Main Authors: Satish S. Jalisatgi, M. Frederick Hawthorne, Peter J. Kueffer, Lixin Ma, Lalit N. Goswami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-07-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/18/8/9034