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Title: Carboxy, carboalkoxy and carbamile substituted isonitrile radionuclide complexes

Patent ·
OSTI ID:866559

A coordination complex comprising a radionuclide selected from the class consisting of radioactive isotopes of Tc, Ru, Co, Pt and Re and an isonitrile ligand of the formula: (CNX)R, where X is a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of COOR.sup.1 and CONR.sup.2 R.sup.3 where R.sup.1 can be H, a pharmaceutically acceptable cation, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 can be H, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 can be the same or different is disclosed. Kits that can be used to form these complexes are also disclosed.

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76EV04115
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4735793
Application Number:
06/771,284
OSTI ID:
866559
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English