“…In this latter case, the tricarbonyl rhenium core was coordinated by heteroaromatic amine, e.g., diquinolinylamine (dqa) [2], or α,α′-diimine such as 2,2′-bipyridine [3]. It is noteworthy that if Zubieta et al developed maleimide-dqa derivatives, leading to M(CO) 3 + complexes suitable for both imaging and radioimaging studies of proteins [4], the development of functionalized bipyridines still remains a significant challenge. Within this context and aiming at the development of novel rhenium (I) and technetium(I) complexes as luminescent and/or radiopharmaceutical agents, we recently designed fluorescent rhenium(I) complexes from mono-functionalized 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole derivatives (or pyta) as alternative ligands to 2,2′-bipyridines [5].…”