Two 3,5-disubstituted sulfonamide catechol ligands were synthesized. Tris(ligand) iron(III) complexes were prepared and investigated as MRI contrast agents. Longitudinal relaxivity (r1) values were determined for the complexes. The r1 values in water were substantially higher than those of typical six-coordinate iron(III) complexes. The r1 values in plasma under the same conditions increased. The iron(III) complexes were administered to rats, and the kidney and liver signal intensities were measured by T1-weighted MR imaging experiments.
A gram-scale synthesis of [3,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] C 2 ,1a,7-2 H 2 ]cortisone from prednisone was developed. The deuterium atom at the C-1 position was introduced through a regioselective and stereoselective deuteration of the 1,2-double bond of the 1,4-diene-3-one using Wilkinson's catalyst. After the oxidative cleavage of the A-ring, two carbon-13 atoms were introduced via acetylation of an A-ring enol lactone with [1,[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] C 2 ]acetyl chloride. The steroidal A-ring was then reconstructed to incorporate the carbon-13 atoms into the C-3 and C-4 positions. The deuterium atom at C-7 was introduced through a regioselective deuteration of the 6,7-double bond of a 4,6-diene-3-one intermediate using palladium on strontium carbonate. The M + 4 stable isotope labeled cortisone was thus prepared in ca. 4% overall yield. In addition, [3,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
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