摘要
We developed a new fully automated method for the synthesis of b;18Fx5d;fluoromisonidazole (b;18Fx5d;FMISO) by modifying a commercial FDG synthesizer and its disposable fluid pathway. A three-step procedure was used to prepare the tosylate precursor, 1-(2′-nitro-1′-imidazolyl)-2-O-tetrahydrofuranyl-3-O-toluenesulfonylpropanediol. Using glycerol as the starting material, the precursor was synthesized with a yield of 21%. The optimal labeling conditions for the automated synthesis of b;18Fx5d;FMISO was 10 mg of precursor in acetonitrile (2 ml heated at 105b0;C for 360 s, followed by heating at 75b0;C for 280 s and hydrolysis with 1 N HCl at 105b0;C for 300 s. Using 3.7 GBq of b;18Fx5d;F− as a starting activity, b;18Fx5d;FMISO was obtained with high end-of-synthesis (EOS) radiochemical yields of 58.5b1;3.5%for 60.0b1;5.2 min with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) purification. When solid-phase purification steps were added, the EOS radiochemical yields were 54.5b1;2.8%(337b1;25 GBq/bc;mol) for 70.0b1;3.8 min (n