Direct and indirect approaches to group 13 metal complexes of cross-bridged tetraamine ligands

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Orjana Terova, ohs2@cisunix.unh.edu1, Wei-Chih Lee1, Edward H. Wong, ehw@unh.edu1, Gary R. Weisman, gary.weisman@unh.edu1, and Carolyn J. Anderson, andersoncj@wustl.edu2. (1) Department of Chemistry, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, (2) Division of Radiological Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110

The use of radiometal complexes as radiopharmaceuticals for medical imaging is an area that is rapidly growing. Our interests are focused on the synthesis, characterization, and metal complexation of cross-bridged tetraamines and their 64Cu, 67,68Ga, and 111In complexes. The complexation of Ga(III) with 1 via thermal heating has been challenging, thus microwave-assisted conditions have been explored to successfully complete the synthesis. In(III) complexation of 1 has also been problematic, though an indirect route involving alkylation of [In-CB-Cyclam]+ complex 2 to obtain synthetic intermediate 3 has been developed.