A new research paper from the collaboration with Profs. Duckett and Platas-Iglesias on ternary complexes of yttrium (III) polyaminocarboxylates has been published in the Chemistry - A European Journal. In this work, the in situ formation of ternary adducts of yttrium(III) polyaminocarboxylate complexes with the endogenous molecules pyruvate, bicarbonate or acetate were investigated using 13C NMR, SABRE-hyperpolarised NMR, and DFT. The results show that yttrium complexes can capture and activate small molecules, which may lead to novel and useful applications of this metal in catalysis and medical imaging.
B. J. Tickner, C. Platas-Iglesias, S. B. Duckett, G. Angelovski. In Situ Ternary Adduct Formation of Yttrium Polyaminocarboxylates Leads to Small Molecule Capture and Activation.
Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28, e202201780.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202201780