Published August 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Radiosynthesis of 18F-FMTP

  • 1. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai (China). Shanghai Inst. of Nuclear Research

Description

3-(4-fluorobenzyl)-8-methoxy-1, 2, 3,4-tetrahydrochromeno[3,4-c]pyridin-5-one (FMTP), a selective D4 receptor antagonist, exhibits nanomolar affinity and high selectivity. 18F-FMTP is synthesized in multistep reactions in which fluorine-18 is introduced by nucleophilic halogen displacement on a quaternary ammonium group precursor. The fluorine-18 labeled intermediate is subsequently reductively aminated with 8-methoxy-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydrochromeno[3,4-c]pyridin-5-one to form the final products. The radiosynthesis of 18F-FMTP needs approximatively 110 min with an overall radiochemical yield of 19.5% (decay-corrected) and with highly effective specific activities(>37 GBq/μmol) . 18F-FMTP may be a useful positron emission tomography (PET) tracer that can be applied to map brain dopamine D4 receptor

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Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear and Radiochemistry
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 151-155
ISSN
0253-9950