“…Hydrosoluble indium derivatives of macrocycles Me-1, Me-2, and Me-4, Me-1-In, Me-2-In, and Me-4-In, respectively, were purified on anion exchange resin; the corresponding indium complexes of porphyrins 3 and 5, e.g. 3-In and 5-In, were purified by chloroformic extraction, a method we perfected earlier (21), suitable for further in vivo use. The yields of metallation, determined by γ counting of 111 In radioactivity of the different pure derivatives, were between 75 and 90% except for that for compound 5-In (53%); this lower yield confirms the instability of the ester in acidic medium.…”