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The stability constants of the LnDOTA- complexes have been determined
by spectrophotometry at 37-degrees-C in 1.0 M NaCl. The log K values o
f CeDOTA- and EuDOTA- were obtained by a direct method using the UV ab
sorption of Ce3+ and Eu3+. For the other lanthanides log K values were
obtained from the study of the competition reaction between the Ln3ion and the Ce3+ or Eu3+ ion for DOTA. The stability constants increas
e with the decrease in the ionic size between La3+ and Eu3+, while for
the heavier lanthanides the log K values are practically constant.