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Cationic complexes of technetium-99M

US5312904A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 4, 1992
Grant dateMay 17, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K2123/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Tridentate mono-anionic ligands have the structure EQU X-A-Y-Q-Z where each of X and Y is independently P, As or N, PA1 Z is phenol, thiophenol or thiol, and PA1 A and Q are hydrocarbon linking groups. The ligands from cationic complexes with Technetium-99m, e.g. [Tc.sup.III K.sub.2 ].sup.+ where K is the ligand, having useful imaging properties.

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