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Published on: January 11, 2020
Efficient DBU accelerated synthesis of 18F-labelled trifluoroacetamides
Antonio Bermejo Gómez1, Miguel A Cortés González2, Marvin Lübcke2
1AstraZeneca Personalised Healthcare and Biomarkers, PET Centre at Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna, R5:02, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. Magnus.Schou@astrazeneca.com and Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratory, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden and Stockholm Brain Institute, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
Nucleophilic 18F-fluorination of bromodifluoromethyl derivatives was performed using [18F]Bu4NF in the presence of DBU (1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene). This novel procedure provided a diverse set of [18F]trifluoroacetamides in good to excellent radiochemical conversions. A mechanism where DBU acts as organomediator in this transformation is proposed.
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