List of works - David Esteban

A Coordination Chemistry Approach to Fine-Tune the Physicochemical Parameters of Lanthanide Complexes Relevant to Medical Applications

scientific article

A Schiff base lateral macrobicycle derived from 4,13-diaza-18-crown-6 in its protonated form.

scientific article published on 22 January 2005

A barium perchlorate complex with a lateral macrobicycle derived from 1,10-diaza-15-crown-5 containing a phenol Schiff base spacer.

scientific article published on 28 February 2003

A barium perchlorate complex with a lateral macrobicycle derived from 4,13-diaza-18-crown-6 containing a pyridine Schiff base spacer.

scientific article published on 11 October 2003

A pentadentate member of the picolinate family for Mn(ii) complexation and an amphiphilic derivative

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Accelerating water exchange in GdIII-DO3A-derivatives by favouring the dissociative mechanism through hydrogen bonding

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Anion-induced urea deprotonation.

scientific article

Approaching the Kinetic Inertness of Macrocyclic Gadolinium(III)-Based MRI Contrast Agents with Highly Rigid Open-Chain Derivatives.

scientific article

Axial Ligation in Ytterbium(III) DOTAM Complexes Rationalized with Multireference and Ligand-Field ab Initio Calculations

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

Barium Templating Schiff-Base Lateral Macrobicycles

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Chiral receptors for phosphate ions

scientific article published on 16 June 2005

Complexation of Ln(3+) Ions with Cyclam Dipicolinates: A Small Bridge that Makes Huge Differences in Structure, Equilibrium, and Kinetic Properties.

scientific article published on 15 February 2016

Complexation of Mn(II) by Rigid Pyclen Diacetates: Equilibrium, Kinetic, Relaxometric, Density Functional Theory, and Superoxide Dismutase Activity Studies

scientific article published on 30 December 2020

Cooperative Anion Recognition in Copper(II) and Zinc(II) Complexes with a Ditopic Tripodal Ligand Containing a Urea Group

scientific article published on 17 February 2014

Coordination Properties of GdDO3A-Based Model Compounds of Bioresponsive MRI Contrast Agents

scientific article published on 02 May 2018

Definition of the Labile Capping Bond Effect in Lanthanide Complexes

scientific article

Designing binuclear transition metal complexes: a new example of the versatility of N,N'-bis(2-aminobenzyl)-4,13-diaza-18-crown-6.

scientific article published on 27 April 2005

Dimer formation of GdDO3A-arylsulfonamide complexes causes loss of pH-dependency of relaxivity.

scientific article

Ditopic receptors containing urea groups for solvent extraction of Cu(ii) salts.

scientific article

Eight-coordinate Zn(II), Cd(II), and Pb(II) complexes based on a 1,7-diaza-12-crown-4 platform endowed with a remarkable selectivity over Ca(II).

scientific article published in December 2009

Electronic structure study of seven-coordinate first-row transition metal complexes derived from 1,10-diaza-15-crown-5: a successful marriage of theory with experiment.

scientific article published in December 2005

Electronic versus steric control in palladium complexes of carboranyl phosphine-iminophosphorane ligands

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Enantiomeric Recognition of d- and l-Lactate by CEST with the Aid of a Paramagnetic Shift Reagent.

scientific article

Exceptionally Inert Lanthanide(III) PARACEST MRI Contrast Agents Based on an 18-Membered Macrocyclic Platform

scientific article

Expanding the Family of Pyclen-Based Ligands Bearing Pendant Picolinate Arms for Lanthanide Complexation

scientific article published on 30 May 2018

Gd(3+)-Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent Responsive to Zn(2+).

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

High relaxivity Mn(2+)-based MRI contrast agents.

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Highly Stable and Inert Complexation of Indium(III) by Reinforced Cyclam Dipicolinate and a Bifunctional Derivative for Bead Encoding in Mass Cytometry

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

Highly relaxing gadolinium based MRI contrast agents responsive to Mg2+ sensing

scientific article published on 20 March 2012

Hyperfine coupling constants on inner-sphere water molecules of Gd(III)-based MRI contrast agents.

scientific article

Hyperfine coupling constants on inner-sphere water molecules of a triazacyclononane-based Mn(II) complex and related systems relevant as MRI contrast agents.

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Importance of Outer-Sphere and Aggregation Phenomena in the Relaxation Properties of Phosphonated Gadolinium Complexes with Potential Applications as MRI Contrast Agents

scientific article published on 06 March 2015

Lanthanide Complexes with 1H paraCEST and 19F Response for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Lanthanide complexes based on a 1,7-diaza-12-crown-4 platform containing picolinate pendants: a new structural entry for the design of magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.

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Lanthanide complexes based on a diazapyridinophane platform containing picolinate pendants.

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Lanthanide dota-like complexes containing a picolinate pendant: structural entry for the design of Ln(III)-based luminescent probes.

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Lanthanide(III) Complexes with a Reinforced Cyclam Ligand Show Unprecedented Kinetic Inertness

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Lateral macrobicyclic architectures: toward new lead(II) sequestering agents.

scientific article published in July 2005

Lead(II) Complexes with Macrocyclic Receptors Derived from 4,13-Diaza-18-crown-6

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Lead(II) complexes with macrocyclic receptors derived from 4,13-diaza-18-crown-6.

scientific article published in August 2002

Lone-Pair Activity in Lead(II) Complexes with Unsymmetrical Lariat Ethers

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Long Wavelength Excitation of Europium Luminescence in Extended, Carboline-Based Cryptates

scientific article published on 05 June 2018

Macrocyclic Receptor Exhibiting Unprecedented Selectivity for Light Lanthanides

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

Macrocyclic Receptor Showing Extremely High Sr(II)/Ca(II) and Pb(II)/Ca(II) Selectivities with Potential Application in Chelation Treatment of Metal Intoxication

scientific article published on 17 March 2011

Magnetic Anisotropies in Rhombic Lanthanide(III) Complexes Do Not Conform to Bleaney's Theory

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

Metal-enhanced H-bond donor tendencies of urea and thiourea toward anions: ditopic receptors for silver(I) salts.

scientific article

Methylthiazolyl Tacn Ligands for Copper Complexation and Their Bifunctional Chelating Agent Derivatives for Bioconjugation and Copper-64 Radiolabeling: An Example with Bombesin

scientific article published on 28 January 2019

Mn2+ Complexes Containing Sulfonamide Groups with pH-Responsive Relaxivity

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

Modulating the DNA cleavage ability of copper(ii) Schiff bases through ternary complex formation

scientific article published in 2018

Molecular recognition of sialic acid by lanthanide(III) complexes through cooperative two-site binding

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Mono-, bi-, and trinuclear bis-hydrated Mn(2+) complexes as potential MRI contrast agents

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Monopicolinate cyclen and cyclam derivatives for stable copper(II) complexation

scientific article published on 31 May 2012

On the consequences of the stereochemical activity of the Bi(iii) 6s lone pair in cyclen-based complexes. The [Bi(DO3A)] case

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Optimising the relaxivities of Mn2+ complexes by targeting human serum albumin (HSA).

scientific article published on 20 June 2017

Phosphate and polyphosphate anion recognition by a dinuclear copper(ii) complex of an unsymmetrical squaramide

scientific article published on 10 June 2019

Protonated macrobicyclic hosts containing pyridine head units for anion recognition

scientific article published in January 2008

Reasons behind the Relative Abundances of Heptacoordinate Complexes along the Late First-Row Transition Metal Series

scientific article published on 21 November 2014

Recognition of AMP, ADP and ATP through Cooperative Binding by Cu(II) and Zn(II) Complexes Containing Urea and/or Phenylboronic-Acid Moieties

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

Selective chelation of Cd(II) and Pb(II) versus Ca(II) and Zn(II) by using octadentate ligands containing pyridinecarboxylate and pyridyl pendants

scientific article published in December 2009

Self-aggregated dinuclear lanthanide(III) complexes as potential bimodal probes for magnetic resonance and optical imaging.

scientific article

Seven-Coordination versus Six-Coordination in Divalent First-Row Transition-Metal Complexes Derived from 1,10-Diaza-15-crown-5

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Solution Structure of Ln(III) Complexes with Macrocyclic Ligands Through Theoretical Evaluation of 1H NMR Contact Shifts

scientific article published on 06 December 2012

Spectrally Undiscerned Isomers Might Lead to Erroneous Determination of Water Exchange Rates of paraCEST Eu(III) Agents.

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Stability, relaxometric and computational studies on Mn<sup>2+</sup> complexes with ligands containing a cyclobutane scaffold

scientific article published on 24 December 2020

Stability, water exchange, and anion binding studies on lanthanide(III) complexes with a macrocyclic ligand based on 1,7-diaza-12-crown-4: extremely fast water exchange on the Gd3+ complex

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Stabilizing divalent europium in aqueous solution using size-discrimination and electrostatic effects

scientific article published on 5 May 2015

Stable Mn(2+), Cu(2+) and Ln(3+) complexes with cyclen-based ligands functionalized with picolinate pendant arms

scientific article published on March 2015

Stable and Inert Yttrium(III) Complexes with Pyclen-Based Ligands Bearing Pendant Picolinate Arms: Toward New Pharmaceuticals for β-Radiotherapy

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Steric Effects on the Binding of Phosphate and Polyphosphate Anions by Zinc(II) and Copper(II) Dinuclear Complexes of m-Xylyl-bis-cyclen

scientific article published on 11 May 2018

Sulphur-rich functionalized calix[4]arenes for selective complexation of Hg(2+) over Cu(2+), Zn(2+) and Cd(2).

scientific article published in September 2016

Templating Schiff-base lateral macrobicycles: an experimental and theoretical structural study of the intermediates.

scientific article published in July 2003

The Relationship between NMR Chemical Shifts of Thermally Polarized and Hyperpolarized 89 Y Complexes and Their Solution Structures

scientific article

The effect of ring size variation on the structure and stability of lanthanide(III) complexes with crown ethers containing picolinate pendants.

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The role of the capping bond effect on pyclen natY3+/90Y3+ chelates: full control of the regiospecific N-functionalization makes the difference

scientific article published on 01 August 2017

Toward inert paramagnetic Ni(ii)-based chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI agents.

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

Transient versus Static Electron Spin Relaxation in Mn(2+) Complexes Relevant as MRI Contrast Agents

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

Tuning the copper(ii) coordination properties of cyclam by subtle chemical modifications.

scientific article

Understanding stability trends along the lanthanide series.

scientific article

Understanding the Optical and Magnetic Properties of Ytterbium(III) Complexes

scientific article published on 05 March 2019

Unexpected Trends in the Stability and Dissociation Kinetics of Lanthanide(III) Complexes with Cyclen-Based Ligands across the Lanthanide Series

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Water exchange in lanthanide complexes for MRI applications. Lessons learned over the last 25 years

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

What anions do to N-H-containing receptors

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Why, on interaction of urea-based receptors with fluoride, beautiful colors develop.

scientific article published in July 2005

Zn(ii), Cd(ii) and Pb(ii) complexation with pyridinecarboxylate containing ligands.

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endo- versus exo-Cyclic coordination in copper complexes with methylthiazolylcarboxylate tacn derivatives

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

{4,10-Bis[2-(2-oxidobenzylideneamino-κ2N,O)benzyl]-1,7-dioxa-4,10-diazacyclododecane-κ4O1,N4,O3,N10}ytterbium(III) perchlorate acetonitrile solvate

scientific article published on 22 July 2006

List of works by David Esteban

A Coordination Chemistry Approach to Fine-Tune the Physicochemical Parameters of Lanthanide Complexes Relevant to Medical Applications

A Schiff base lateral macrobicycle derived from 4,13-diaza-18-crown-6 in its protonated form.

A barium perchlorate complex with a lateral macrobicycle derived from 1,10-diaza-15-crown-5 containing a phenol Schiff base spacer.

A barium perchlorate complex with a lateral macrobicycle derived from 4,13-diaza-18-crown-6 containing a pyridine Schiff base spacer.

A pentadentate member of the picolinate family for Mn(ii) complexation and an amphiphilic derivative

Accelerating water exchange in GdIII-DO3A-derivatives by favouring the dissociative mechanism through hydrogen bonding

Anion-induced urea deprotonation.

Approaching the Kinetic Inertness of Macrocyclic Gadolinium(III)-Based MRI Contrast Agents with Highly Rigid Open-Chain Derivatives.

Axial Ligation in Ytterbium(III) DOTAM Complexes Rationalized with Multireference and Ligand-Field ab Initio Calculations

Barium Templating Schiff-Base Lateral Macrobicycles

Chiral receptors for phosphate ions

Complexation of Ln(3+) Ions with Cyclam Dipicolinates: A Small Bridge that Makes Huge Differences in Structure, Equilibrium, and Kinetic Properties.

Complexation of Mn(II) by Rigid Pyclen Diacetates: Equilibrium, Kinetic, Relaxometric, Density Functional Theory, and Superoxide Dismutase Activity Studies

Cooperative Anion Recognition in Copper(II) and Zinc(II) Complexes with a Ditopic Tripodal Ligand Containing a Urea Group

Coordination Properties of GdDO3A-Based Model Compounds of Bioresponsive MRI Contrast Agents

Definition of the Labile Capping Bond Effect in Lanthanide Complexes

Designing binuclear transition metal complexes: a new example of the versatility of N,N'-bis(2-aminobenzyl)-4,13-diaza-18-crown-6.

Dimer formation of GdDO3A-arylsulfonamide complexes causes loss of pH-dependency of relaxivity.

Ditopic receptors containing urea groups for solvent extraction of Cu(ii) salts.

Eight-coordinate Zn(II), Cd(II), and Pb(II) complexes based on a 1,7-diaza-12-crown-4 platform endowed with a remarkable selectivity over Ca(II).

Electronic structure study of seven-coordinate first-row transition metal complexes derived from 1,10-diaza-15-crown-5: a successful marriage of theory with experiment.

Electronic versus steric control in palladium complexes of carboranyl phosphine-iminophosphorane ligands

Enantiomeric Recognition of d- and l-Lactate by CEST with the Aid of a Paramagnetic Shift Reagent.

Exceptionally Inert Lanthanide(III) PARACEST MRI Contrast Agents Based on an 18-Membered Macrocyclic Platform

Expanding the Family of Pyclen-Based Ligands Bearing Pendant Picolinate Arms for Lanthanide Complexation

Gd(3+)-Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent Responsive to Zn(2+).

High relaxivity Mn(2+)-based MRI contrast agents.

Highly Stable and Inert Complexation of Indium(III) by Reinforced Cyclam Dipicolinate and a Bifunctional Derivative for Bead Encoding in Mass Cytometry

Highly relaxing gadolinium based MRI contrast agents responsive to Mg2+ sensing

Hyperfine coupling constants on inner-sphere water molecules of Gd(III)-based MRI contrast agents.

Hyperfine coupling constants on inner-sphere water molecules of a triazacyclononane-based Mn(II) complex and related systems relevant as MRI contrast agents.

Importance of Outer-Sphere and Aggregation Phenomena in the Relaxation Properties of Phosphonated Gadolinium Complexes with Potential Applications as MRI Contrast Agents

Lanthanide Complexes with 1H paraCEST and 19F Response for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications

Lanthanide complexes based on a 1,7-diaza-12-crown-4 platform containing picolinate pendants: a new structural entry for the design of magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.

Lanthanide complexes based on a diazapyridinophane platform containing picolinate pendants.

Lanthanide dota-like complexes containing a picolinate pendant: structural entry for the design of Ln(III)-based luminescent probes.

Lanthanide(III) Complexes with a Reinforced Cyclam Ligand Show Unprecedented Kinetic Inertness

Lateral macrobicyclic architectures: toward new lead(II) sequestering agents.

Lead(II) Complexes with Macrocyclic Receptors Derived from 4,13-Diaza-18-crown-6

Lead(II) complexes with macrocyclic receptors derived from 4,13-diaza-18-crown-6.

Lone-Pair Activity in Lead(II) Complexes with Unsymmetrical Lariat Ethers

Long Wavelength Excitation of Europium Luminescence in Extended, Carboline-Based Cryptates

Macrocyclic Receptor Exhibiting Unprecedented Selectivity for Light Lanthanides

Macrocyclic Receptor Showing Extremely High Sr(II)/Ca(II) and Pb(II)/Ca(II) Selectivities with Potential Application in Chelation Treatment of Metal Intoxication

Magnetic Anisotropies in Rhombic Lanthanide(III) Complexes Do Not Conform to Bleaney's Theory

Metal-enhanced H-bond donor tendencies of urea and thiourea toward anions: ditopic receptors for silver(I) salts.

Methylthiazolyl Tacn Ligands for Copper Complexation and Their Bifunctional Chelating Agent Derivatives for Bioconjugation and Copper-64 Radiolabeling: An Example with Bombesin

Mn2+ Complexes Containing Sulfonamide Groups with pH-Responsive Relaxivity

Modulating the DNA cleavage ability of copper(ii) Schiff bases through ternary complex formation

Molecular recognition of sialic acid by lanthanide(III) complexes through cooperative two-site binding

Mono-, bi-, and trinuclear bis-hydrated Mn(2+) complexes as potential MRI contrast agents

Monopicolinate cyclen and cyclam derivatives for stable copper(II) complexation

On the consequences of the stereochemical activity of the Bi(iii) 6s lone pair in cyclen-based complexes. The [Bi(DO3A)] case

Optimising the relaxivities of Mn2+ complexes by targeting human serum albumin (HSA).

Phosphate and polyphosphate anion recognition by a dinuclear copper(ii) complex of an unsymmetrical squaramide

Protonated macrobicyclic hosts containing pyridine head units for anion recognition

Reasons behind the Relative Abundances of Heptacoordinate Complexes along the Late First-Row Transition Metal Series

Recognition of AMP, ADP and ATP through Cooperative Binding by Cu(II) and Zn(II) Complexes Containing Urea and/or Phenylboronic-Acid Moieties

Selective chelation of Cd(II) and Pb(II) versus Ca(II) and Zn(II) by using octadentate ligands containing pyridinecarboxylate and pyridyl pendants

Self-aggregated dinuclear lanthanide(III) complexes as potential bimodal probes for magnetic resonance and optical imaging.

Seven-Coordination versus Six-Coordination in Divalent First-Row Transition-Metal Complexes Derived from 1,10-Diaza-15-crown-5

Solution Structure of Ln(III) Complexes with Macrocyclic Ligands Through Theoretical Evaluation of 1H NMR Contact Shifts

Spectrally Undiscerned Isomers Might Lead to Erroneous Determination of Water Exchange Rates of paraCEST Eu(III) Agents.

Stability, relaxometric and computational studies on Mn<sup>2+</sup> complexes with ligands containing a cyclobutane scaffold

Stability, water exchange, and anion binding studies on lanthanide(III) complexes with a macrocyclic ligand based on 1,7-diaza-12-crown-4: extremely fast water exchange on the Gd3+ complex

Stabilizing divalent europium in aqueous solution using size-discrimination and electrostatic effects

Stable Mn(2+), Cu(2+) and Ln(3+) complexes with cyclen-based ligands functionalized with picolinate pendant arms

Stable and Inert Yttrium(III) Complexes with Pyclen-Based Ligands Bearing Pendant Picolinate Arms: Toward New Pharmaceuticals for β-Radiotherapy

Steric Effects on the Binding of Phosphate and Polyphosphate Anions by Zinc(II) and Copper(II) Dinuclear Complexes of m-Xylyl-bis-cyclen

Sulphur-rich functionalized calix[4]arenes for selective complexation of Hg(2+) over Cu(2+), Zn(2+) and Cd(2).

Templating Schiff-base lateral macrobicycles: an experimental and theoretical structural study of the intermediates.

The Relationship between NMR Chemical Shifts of Thermally Polarized and Hyperpolarized 89 Y Complexes and Their Solution Structures

The effect of ring size variation on the structure and stability of lanthanide(III) complexes with crown ethers containing picolinate pendants.

The role of the capping bond effect on pyclen natY3+/90Y3+ chelates: full control of the regiospecific N-functionalization makes the difference

Toward inert paramagnetic Ni(ii)-based chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI agents.

Transient versus Static Electron Spin Relaxation in Mn(2+) Complexes Relevant as MRI Contrast Agents

Tuning the copper(ii) coordination properties of cyclam by subtle chemical modifications.

Understanding stability trends along the lanthanide series.

Understanding the Optical and Magnetic Properties of Ytterbium(III) Complexes