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Jozef Hodyl PhD Thesis - Theses - Flinders University

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adopt a trans-III conformation, where two of the pendant arms project above the111, 114plane of the metal ion and two below, Figure 1.8.20Figure 1.8Representation of the trans-III conformation for 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane(cyclam), 20.This problem does not occur with 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (cyclen), 21, asthe pendant arms are inclined to project in the same direction and upon metalcoordination to form a molecular cavity above the plane of the aza groups. 9421Cyclen, 21, was first synthesised in 1976 by Stetter 115 , and has since featured innumerous literature reports in a diversity of fields, for example contrast imagingagents in magnetic resonance imaging, 116-118 119, 120models for enzymatic complexes19

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