The present invention relates to a ligand of Formula (A): or a carboxylate salt thereof; wherein Y1, Y2 and Y3 each independently represents -COOH or a picolinate of Formula (i): wherein each R1 independently represents a chromophore group; L1, L2 and L3 each independently represents a single bond or a linker; and X1, X2 and X3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a coupling function or a bio -vectorizing group. The present invention further relates to a process for manufacturing the ligand and to a process for manufacturing a chelate by means of complexation by the ligand of a rare-earth cation, preferably a lanthanide cation. The present invention further relates to the use of the ligand and/or the chelate in biological imaging and/or photoluminescence imaging.
本发明涉及化合物
配体的公式(A):或其
羧酸盐;其中Y1、Y2和Y3分别独立地代表-COOH或公式(i)的
吡啶酸盐,其中每个R1独立地代表一个色团基团;L1、
L2和L3分别独立地代表一个单键或一个连接基团;X1、X2和X3分别独立地代表氢原子、偶联功能或
生物矢量化基团。本发明还涉及一种制备该
配体的方法,以及通过该
配体与稀土阳离子,优选为
镧系阳离子,形成络合物的方法。本发明还涉及该
配体和/或络合物在
生物成像和/或光致发光成像中的应用。