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[Synthesis and determination for enantiomeric purity of 6-fluoro-L-DOPA]
1Radiopharmaceutical Research Centre, Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China. tghtgh@china.com
Aim:
To study the synthesis and determination for enantiomeric purity of 6-fluoro-L-3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (6-fluoro-L-DOPA, 6-FDOPA).
Methods:
2-(2-Fluoro-4, 5-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(diphenylmethylene) glycine tert-butyl ester (8), a new compound, was synthesized from the starting material nitroveratraldehyde via the nucleophilic displacement, reductive iodination, and chiral catalytic phase-transfer alkylation, and 6-FDOPA was prepared from hydrolysis of 8. The enantiomeric purity of 6-FDOPA was determined by HPLC method using a chiral mobil phase and reversed-phase C18 column.
Results:
The total time of synthesis was less than 90 min, the overall chemical yield from potassium fluoride was about 33%, and the enantiomeric purity was above 95%.
Conclusion:
Large scale production of 6-FDOPA and automatic synthesis of 6-[18F]fluoro-L-DOPA with excellent chemical and entiomeric purity are available. The practical technique was provided for the radiochemical synthesis and entiomeric purity of 6-[18F]fluoro-L-DOPA.
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