A Transmetalation Reaction Enables the Synthesis of [18F]5-Fluorouracil from [18F]Fluoride for Human PET Imaging

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• 作者：Andrew J. Hoover ; Mark Lazari ; Hong Ren ; Maruthi Kumar Narayanam ; Jennifer M. Murphy ; R. Michael van Dam ; Jacob M. Hooker ; Tobias Ritter
• 刊名：Organometallics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 11, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：35
• 期：7
• 页码：1008-1014
• 全文大小：485K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1520-6041

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Translation of new ¹⁸F-fluorination reactions to produce radiotracers for human positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is rare because the chemistry must have useful scope and the process for ¹⁸F-labeled tracer production must be robust and simple to execute. The application of transition metal mediators has enabled impactful ¹⁸F-fluorination methods, but to date none of these reactions have been applied to produce a human-injectable PET tracer. In this article we present chemistry and process innovations that culminate in the first production from [¹⁸F]fluoride of human doses of [¹⁸F]5-fluorouracil, a PET tracer for cancer imaging in humans. The first preparation of nickel σ-aryl complexes by transmetalation from arylboronic acids or esters was developed and enabled the synthesis of the [¹⁸F]5-fluorouracil precursor. Routine production of >10 mCi doses of [¹⁸F]5-fluorouracil was accomplished with a new instrument for azeotrope-free [¹⁸F]fluoride concentration in a process that leverages the tolerance of water in nickel-mediated ¹⁸F-fluorination.