Issue 26, 2014

Charting the mechanism and reactivity of zirconium oxalate with hydroxamate ligands using density functional theory: implications in new chelate design

Abstract

The reaction of [89Zr(C2O4)4]4− with the tris-hydroxamate ligand desferrioxamine B (DFO) provides the basis of radiolabelling biological vectors such as antibodies and proteins with the radionuclide 89Zr for positron emission tomography imaging. In this work, density functional theory methods were used to investigate the mechanism of reaction from [Zr(C2O4)4]4− to Zr(MeAHA)4 by ligand substitution with N-methyl acetohydroxamate (MeAHA). Calculations were performed under simulated basic and acidic conditions. Ligand substitution under basic conditions was found to be thermodynamically feasible with an overall calculated change in solvation free energy, ΔGsol = −97 kJ mol−1 using the B3LYP/DGDZVP methodology and a water continuum solvation model. In contrast, an acid-mediated mechanism of ligand substitution was found to be thermodynamically non-feasible. Molecular orbital analysis provides a rationale for the difference in thermodynamic stability between [Zr(C2O4)4]4− and Zr(MeAHA)4. Overall, the DFT calculations are consistent with observed experimental 89Zr-radiolabelling reactions and suggest that computational methods may prove useful in designing novel chelates for increasing the thermodynamic and kinetic stability of 89Zr-complexes in vivo.

Graphical abstract: Charting the mechanism and reactivity of zirconium oxalate with hydroxamate ligands using density functional theory: implications in new chelate design

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Mar 2014
Accepted
02 Apr 2014
First published
04 Apr 2014

Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 9872-9884

Author version available

Charting the mechanism and reactivity of zirconium oxalate with hydroxamate ligands using density functional theory: implications in new chelate design

J. P. Holland and N. Vasdev, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 9872 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00733F

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