Carbohydrate-bearing 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinonato complexes of gallium(III) and indium(III).

Gallium and indium complexes with pendant carbohydrates have been prepared and examined for their potential as radiopharmaceuticals. Carbohydrate-bearing 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinone ligand precursors and their tris(ligand)gallium(III) and -indium(III) complexes were synthesized and characterized by mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, and (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy, and in the case of one intermediate, by X-ray crystallography. With three equivalents of ligand, neutral complexes formed with the bidentate hydroxypyridinone moiety complexing the gallium(III) and indium(III) metal centers.