• Developing the family of picolinate ligands for Mn2+ complexation 

      Forgács, Attila; Pujales-Paradela, Rosa; Regueiro-Figueroa, Martín; Valencia, Laura; Esteban-Gómez, David; Botta, Mauro; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016-12-22)
      [Abstract] We have reported here a series of ligands containing pentadentate 6,6′-(azanediylbis(methylene))dipicolinic acid units that differ in the substituent present at the amine nitrogen atom (acetate: H3DPAAA; phenyl: ...
    • Effects of the substituents of pyrazole/thiazine ligands on the magnetic properties of chloro-bridged Cu(II) complexes 

      Torres-García, Pablo; Luna-Giles, Francisco; Bernalte-García, Álvaro; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Esteban-Gómez, David; Viñuelas-Zahínos, Emilio (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017-09-07)
      [Abstract] We have synthesised and characterised the dimeric copper(II) complexes [{CuCl(PzTz)}2(μ-Cl)2], [{CuCl(DMPzTz)}2(μ-Cl)2] and [{CuCl(DPhPzTz)}2(μ-Cl)2] and the monomeric complex [CuCl2(DMPzTz)] (PzTz = ...
    • Highly relaxing gadolinium based MRI contrast agents responsive to Mg2+ sensing 

      Abada, Sabah; Lecointre, Alexandre; Elhabiri, Mourad; Esteban-Gómez, David; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Tallec, Gaylord; Mazzanti, Marinella; Charbonnière, Loïc J. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012-04-28)
      [Abstract] A Gd complex based on a polyphosphonated pyridyl ligand shows a very high stability in aqueous solution (logKEuL = 25.7), a high relaxivity (8.5 mM−1 s−1 at 25 °C and 20 MHz) and a marked and selective relaxivity ...
    • Optimising the relaxivities of Mn2+ complexes by targeting human serum albumin (HSA) 

      Forgács, Attila; Tei, Lorenzo; Baranyai, Zsolt; Esteban-Gómez, David; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Botta, Mauro (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017-07-14)
      [Abstract] We report two novel macrocyclic ligands based on the 1,4-DO2AM platform (1,4-DO2AM = 2,2′-(1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4-diyl)diacetamide) and containing two benzyl groups attached either to the nitrogen ...
    • Spectrally undiscerned isomers might lead to erroneous determination of water exchange rates of paraCEST Eu(III) agents 

      Cakic, Nevenka; Tickner, Ben; Zaiss, Moritz; Esteban-Gómez, David; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Angelovski, Goran (American Chemical Society, 2017-07-17)
      [Abstract] We report a detailed study of the solution structure and water exchange rate of a Eu(III) complex with the cyclen-based ligand L1, containing (S)-2-(2-acetamido)-3-(4 (trifluoromethyl)phenyl)propanoate pendant ...
    • Sulphur-rich functionalized calix[4]arenes for selective complexation of Hg2+ over Cu2+, Zn2+ and Cd2+ 

      Bensenane, Bachir; Asfari, Zouhair; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Esteban-Gómez, David; Djafri, Fatiha; Elhabiri, Mourad; Charbonnière, Loïc J. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016-08-16)
      [Abstract] The syntheses of two new ligands based on a calix[4]arene scaffold in the cone conformation functionalized on the phenolic positions 1 and 3 by diethylthiophosphonates (L1) or tetra(tri)thioethyleneglycol (L2) ...
    • The role of the capping bond effect on pyclen natY3+/90Y3+ chelates: full control of the regiospecific N-functionalization makes the difference 

      Le Fur, Mariane; Beyler, Maryline; Molnár, Enikö; Fougère, Olivier; Esteban-Gómez, David; Tircsó, Gyula; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Lepareur, Nicolas; Rousseaux, Olivier; Tripier, Raphaël (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017-09-07)
      [Abstract] Thanks to a smart regiospecific N-functionalization, a pyclen based ligand bearing one picolinate and two acetate arms organized in a dissymmetric manner was synthesized for Y3+ complexation, and compared to its ...
    • Tuning the copper(II) coordination properties of cyclam by subtle chemical modifications 

      Camus, Nathalie; Le Bris, Nathalie; Nuryyeva, Selbi; Chessé, Matthieu; Esteban-Gómez, David; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Tripier, Raphaël; Elhabiri, Mourad (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017-09-14)
      [Abstract] The acid–base and copper(II) coordination properties of three previously described cyclam derivatives are reported. Potentiometry, mass spectrometry, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, electrochemistry and theoretical ...
    • Zn(II), Cd(II) and Pb(II) complexation with pyridinecarboxylate containing ligands 

      Ferreirós-Martínez, Raquel; Esteban-Gómez, David; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Blas, Andrés de; Rodríguez-Blas, Teresa (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2008-09-09)
      [Abstract] Herein, we report the coordination properties towards Zn(II), Cd(II) and Pb(II) of two hexadentate ligands containing pyridinecarboxylate groups with ethane-1,2-diamine (bcpe) or cyclohexane-1,2-diamine (bcpc) ...