Kazutaka Hayashi, Kenji Furutsuka, Takehito Ito
Mar 1, 2012
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Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals
Abstract
We have developed an efficient synthesis method for the rapid and high-yield automated synthesis of 4-(2′-methoxyphenyl)-1-[2′-(N-2″-pyridinyl)-p-[18F]fluorobenzamido]ethylpiperazine (p-[18F]MPPF). No-carrier-added [18F]F− was trapped on a small QMA cartridge and eluted with 70% MeCN(aq) (0.4 mL) containing Kryptofix 222 (2.3 mg) and K2CO3 (0.7 mg). The nucleophilic [18F]fluorination was performed with 3 mg of the nitro-precursor in DMSO (0.4 mL) at 190 °C for 20 min, followed by the preparative HPLC purification (column: COSMOSIL Cholester, Nacalai Tesque, Kyoto, Japan; mobile phase: MeCN/25 mm AcONH4/AcOH = 200/300/0.15; flow rate: 6.0 mL/min) to afford p-[18F]MPPF (retention time = 9.5 min). p-[18F]MPPF was obtained automatically with a radiochemical yield of 38.6 ± 5.0% (decay corrected, n = 5), a specific activity of 214.3 ± 21.1 GBq/µmol, and a radiochemical purity of >99% within a total synthesis time of about 55 min. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.