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ArticleChemical science2021

Polymerizable Gd(iii) building blocks for the synthesis of high relaxivity macromolecular MRI contrast agents.

Thomas R Berki, Jonathan Martinelli, Lorenzo Tei, Helen Willcock, Stephen J Butler

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Article in Chemical science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Thomas R BerkiDepartment of Chemistry, Loughborough University Leicestershire LE11 3TU UK s.j.butler@lboro.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1736-8349
Jonathan MartinelliDepartment of Science and Technological Innovation, Università del Piemonte Orientale I15121 Alessandria Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5386-9015
Lorenzo TeiDepartment of Science and Technological Innovation, Università del Piemonte Orientale I15121 Alessandria Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7027-8396
Helen WillcockDepartment of Materials, Loughborough University Leicestershire LE11 3TU UK h.willcock2@lboro.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4316-1993
Stephen J ButlerDepartment of Chemistry, Loughborough University Leicestershire LE11 3TU UK s.j.butler@lboro.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8109-3330

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Abstract

A new synthetic strategy for the preparation of macromolecular MRI contrast agents (CAs) is reported. Four gadolinium(iii) complexes bearing either one or two polymerizable methacrylamide groups were synthesized, serving as monomers or crosslinkers for the preparation of water-soluble, polymeric CAs using Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Using this approach, macromolecular CAs were synthesized with different architectures, including linear, hyperbranched polymers and gels. The relaxivities of the polymeric CAs were determined by NMR relaxometry, revealing an up to 5-fold increase in relaxivity (60 MHz, 310 K) for the linear polymers compared with the clinically used CA, Gd-DOTA. Moreover, hyperbranched polymers obtained from Gd(iii) crosslinkers, displayed even higher relaxivities up to 22.8 mM

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