This paper is written in celebration of the 65th birthday of Professor Andre E. Merbach A series of di-and tetraamide derivatives of DOTA were synthesized, and their lanthanide(III) complexes were examined by multinuclear 1 H-,
13C-, and 17 O-NMR spectroscopy, and compared with literature data of similar, known complexes (
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