Reversible redox-responsive 1H/19F MRI molecular probes†
Abstract
Herein we report a pair of redox-responsive manganese complexes Mn(III)/(II)-N,N′-bis(2-hydroxy-4-trifluoromethylbenzyl)ethylenediamine-N,N′-diacetate (HTFBED, L1), which are water soluble and biologically interconvertible, as reversible redox-responsive probes in 1H/19F MRI for detecting and imaging biological redox species, offering a means to access valuable redox information associated with various diseases.
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