NCA nucleophilic radiofluorination on substituted benzaldehydes for the preparation of [18F]fluorinated aromatic amino acids

Author(s)
Wolfgang Wadsak, Barbara Wirl-Sagadin, Markus Mitterhauser, Leonhard-Key Mien, Dagmar E. Ettlinger, Bernhard Keppler, Robert Dudczak, Kurt Kletter
Abstract

Nucleophilic aromatic substitution is a challenging task in radiochemistry. Therefore, a thorough evaluation and optimisation of this step is needed to provide a satisfactory tool for the routine preparation of [18F] fluorinated aromatic amino acids. Two methods, already proposed elsewhere, were evaluated and improved. The yields for the radiofluorination were increased whereas activity loss during solid phase extraction was observed. Radiochemical yields for the two methods were 92.7‘5.5% (method 1) and 92.1‘12.3% (method 2) for conversion and 11.1‘2.8% (method 1) and 34.8‘0.6% (method 2) for purification, respectively. In total, we demonstrate an optimised method for the preparation of this important class of [18F]fluorinated synthons for PET. Œ 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Organisation(s)
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Sport and Human Movement Science
External organisation(s)
Medizinische Universität Wien
Journal
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume
64
Pages
355-359
No. of pages
5
ISSN
0969-8043
Publication date
2006
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
1040 Chemistry
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/0bc63b7b-2658-434d-a077-9997bb62f20e