Combination of complexes of lanthanide cations (Ln) for their luminescent properties and peptides for their recognition properties is interesting in view of designing responsive luminescent probes. The octadentate DOTA (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid) chelate is the most popular chelate to design Ln complex-peptide conjugates. We describe a novel building block, DO3Apic-tris(allyl)ester, which provides access to peptides with a conjugated nonadentate chelate, namely DO3Apic, featuring a picolinate arm in place of one of the acetate arms compared to DOTA, for improved luminescence properties.
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