HEPATOBILIARY MAGNETIC RESONANCE CONTRAST AGENTS

摘要

A compound of the formula: wherein R<1> and R<2> are both hydrogen and R<3> and R<4> together with the carbon atoms in the tetraazacyclododecane macrocycle to which they are attached form a fused fully or partially saturated non aromatic cyclohexyl ring which may be unsubstituted or substituted by one or more halogen, straight or branched (C1-C5)alkyl, alkyl oxide of formula -R-OR wherein each R is a straight or branched (C1-C5)alkyl, hydroxy or hydroxyalkyl groups, and which may be further fused to a phenyl or cyclohexyl ring p is 0 or 1 and R6 is hydrogen or a straight or branched (C1-C5) alkyl group; or a salt thereof and the metal chelates thereof, particularly gadolinium chelates, the pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions containing them and their use in MRI.