| abstract |
Compounds having the structure <IMAGE> wherein (Z-COO is the residue of an iodinated aromatic acid; n is an integer from 0 to 6; R1 and R2 are independently H, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxy or aryloxy; R3 and R4 are independently H, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, halogen, hydroxy or acylamino; Q represents the atoms necessary to complete a carbocyclic or heterocyclic unsaturated mono- or bicyclic aromatic ring; and R5 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, halogen, hydroxy, amino, acylamino, alkoxyalkyl, fluoroalkyl, acetamidoalkyl, COO-alkyl, cyano, carboxamido, sulfonate, sulfonamido, ureido, or carbamyl are useful as contrast agents in x-ray imaging compositions and methods. |