• A Pentadentate Member of the Picolinate Family for Mn(ɪɪ) Complexation and an Amphiphilic Derivative 

      Pujales-Paradela, Rosa; Carniato, Fabio; Uzal-Varela, Rocío; Brandariz, Isabel; Iglesias, Emilia; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Botta, Mauro; Esteban-Gómez, David (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018-12-04)
      [Abstract] We report a pentadentate ligand containing a 2,2′-azanediyldiacetic acid moiety functionalized with a picolinate group at the nitrogen atom (H3paada), as well as a lipophylic derivative functionalized with a ...
    • Determinación de herbicidas triazínicos y sus metabolitos en el medio marino 

      Uzal-Varela, Rocío (2016)
      [Resumen:] En este trabajo se han validado dos métodos para la determinación de nueve triazinas y ocho productos de degradación en agua de mar y sedimentos marinos. Los metódos se basan en la extracción en fase sólida (agua ...
    • Expanding the Ligand Classes Used for Mn(II) Complexation: Oxa-aza Macrocycles Make the Difference 

      Kálmán, Ferenc; Nagy, Viktória; Uzal-Varela, Rocío; Pérez-Lourido, Paulo; Esteban-Gómez, David; Garda, Zoltán; Pota, Kristof; Mezei, Roland; Pallier, Agnès; Tóth, Éva; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Tircsó, Gyula (MDPI, 2021-03-10)
      [Abstract] We report two macrocyclic ligands based on a 1,7-diaza-12-crown-4 platform functionalized with acetate (𝑡O2DO2A²⁻) or piperidineacetamide (𝑡O2DO2AMᴾⁱᵖ) pendant arms and a detailed characterization of the ...
    • New contrast agents alternative to those based on gadolinium 

      Uzal-Varela, Rocío (2022)
      [Abstract] The main objective of this doctoral thesis is the development of new systems based on transition metal ions with both high thermodynamic stability and kinetic inertness, that may be used in Magnetic Resonance ...
    • On the Dissociation Pathways of Copper Complexes Relevant as Pet Imaging Agents 

      Uzal-Varela, Rocío; Patinec, Véronique; Tripier, Raphaël; Valencia, Laura; Maneiro, Marcelino; Canle, Moisés; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Esteban-Gómez, David; Iglesias, Emilia (Elsevier, 2022)
      [Abstract] Several bifunctional chelators have been synthesized in the last years for the development of new 64Cu-based PET agents for in vivo imaging. When designing a metal-based PET probe, it is important to achieve ...
    • Thermodynamic Stability of Mn(II) Complexes with Aminocarboxylate Ligands Analyzed Using Structural Descriptors 

      Uzal-Varela, Rocío; Pérez-Fernández, Francisco; Valencia, Laura; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Aurora; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Caravan, Peter; Esteban-Gómez, David (ACS, 2022-08-22)
      [Abstract] We present a quantitative analysis of the thermodynamic stabilities of Mn(II) complexes, defined by the equilibrium constants (log KMnL values) and the values of pMn obtained as −log[Mn]free for total metal and ...
    • Understanding the Effect of the Electron Spin Relaxation on the Relaxivities of Mn(II) Complexes with Triazacyclononane Derivatives 

      Uzal-Varela, Rocío; Valencia, Laura; Lalli, Daniela; Maneiro, Marcelino; Esteban-Gómez, David; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Botta, Mauro; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Aurora (American Chemical Society, 2021-10-07)
      [Abstract] Investigating the relaxation of water ¹H nuclei induced by paramagnetic Mn(II) complexes is important to understand the mechanisms that control the efficiency of contrast agents used in diagnostic magnetic ...