Transition Metal Complexes of Some Azamacrocycles and Their Use in Molecular Recognition

Title: Transition Metal Complexes of Some Azamacrocycles and Their Use in Molecular Recognition

Volume: 4 Issue: 4

Author(s): Jens Geduhn, Thomas Walenzyk and Burkhard Konig

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Keywords: Azamacrocycles, molecular recognition, transition metal complexes, cyclam, cyclen, TACN

Abstract: Azamacrocycles show high affinity for the complexation of a wide range of transition metals. By additional reversibly coordinated ligands, these metal complexes have shown to be interesting tools for molecular recognition, especially for biological systems. Herein, the role of metal complexes of 1,4,8,11-tetraaza-cyclotetradecane ([14]aneN4 or cyclam), 1,4,7,10-tetraaza-cyclododecane ([12]aneN4 or cyclen), 1,5,9-triaza-cyclododecane ([12]aneN3), 1,4,7-triaza-cyclononane ([9]aneN3 or TACN) is reviewed.

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Geduhn Jens, Walenzyk Thomas and Konig Burkhard, Transition Metal Complexes of Some Azamacrocycles and Their Use in Molecular Recognition, Current Organic Synthesis 2007; 4 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017907782408770