Previous work from this laboratory has shown that the direct fluorination of 3, 4-dihydroxy-phenyl-L-alanine (L-DOPA) in anhydrous HF (aHF) or BF3/HF with F2 is an efficient method for the synthesis of 6-fluoro-L-DOPA. Since then, 18F-labeled 6-fluoro-L-DOPA ([18F]6-fluoro-L-DOPA) has been used to study presynaptic dopaminergic function in the human brain and to monitor gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors. This work demonstrates that the reactivity and selectivity of F2 toward L-DOPA in CF3SO3H is comparable with that in aHF. This new synthetic procedure has led to the production of [18F]fluoro-L-DOPA and [18F]fluoro-D-DOPA isomers in 17±2% radiochemical yields (decay corrected with respect to [18F]F2). The 2- and 6-FDOPA isomers were separated by HPLC and subsequently characterized by 19F NMR spectroscopy. The corresponding [18F]-FDOPA enantiomers have been obtained in clinically useful quantities by a synthetic approach that avoids the use of aHF. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
该实验室之前的研究表明,在无
水氢氟酸(aHF)或
BF3/HF 中用 F2 直接
氟化 3,4-二羟基苯基-
L-丙氨酸(L-
DOPA)是合成 6-
氟-L-
DOPA 的有效方法。此后,18F 标记的 6-
氟-L-
DOPA([18F]6-
氟-L-
DOPA)被用于研究人脑突触前
多巴胺能功能和监测胃肠道类癌。 这项研究表明,F2 在 CF3SO3H 中对 L-
DOPA 的反应性和选择性与在 aHF 中相当。这一新的合成过程产生了[18F]
氟-L-
DOPA和[18F]
氟-D-
DOPA异构体,放射
化学收率为17±2%(相对于[18F]F2的衰变校正)。2-F
DOPA 和 6-F
DOPA 异构体通过高效
液相色谱法分离,随后通过 19F NMR 光谱法进行表征。相应的 [18F]-F
DOPA 对映异构体已通过避免使用 aHF 的合成方法获得了临床有用的数量。Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.