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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Inorg Chem. 2021 Jan 28;60(4):2168–2177. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02688

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Chemical structures and mechanisms for sensitive detection of Zn2+ in tissues. (a) GdDOTA–diBPEN, GdDO3A–BPEN, the parent MnPyC3A compound, and MnPyC3A–BPEN. (b) Mechanism of contrast enhancement involves binding of Zn2+ to the agent, followed by the agent-Zn2+ complex forming a ternary complex with albumin.