. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 21.

Published in final edited form as: Acc Chem Res. 2009 Jul 21;42(7):832–841. doi: 10.1021/ar800255q

Table 1.

Pseudo-first order half-lives for acid-decomplexation and reduction potentials of Cu(II) complexes (all values are from Heroux et al.²⁴ unless otherwise noted).

Chelator	5 M HCl 90°C	12 M HCl 90°C	E_red (V) vs Ag/AgCl
DOTA	<3 min	<3 min	−0.94 (irrev.)^a
cyclam	<3 min	<3 min	−0.68 (quasi-rev)
TETA	4.5(5) min	<3 min	−1.18 (irrev.)
CB-cyclam	11.7(1) min	<3 min	−0.52 (quasi-rev)
CB-TE2A	154(6) h	1.6(2) h	−1.08 (quasi-rev.)
CB-DO2A	< 3 min	n.d.	−0.92 (irrev.)
CB-TEAMA	n.d.	n.d.	−0.96 (quasi-rev.)
diamsar	40(1) h	< 3 min	−1.1 (irrev)

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