Abstract
This account describes lanthanide coordination chemistry with a focus on the similarities
between lanthanide complexes used in catalysis and those used as contrast agents in
magnetic resonance imaging.
1 Introduction
2 Lanthanide Coordination Chemistry
3 Study of Coordination Environment
4 Catalysis with Trivalent Lanthanides
5 Contrast Agents from Divalent Europium
6 Conclusions
Key words
catalysis - Mukaiyama aldol reaction - lanthanides - contrast agents - magnetic resonance
imaging