Improved synthesis of 4-[<sup>18</sup>
F]fluoro-<i>m</i>
-hydroxyphenethylguanidine using an iodonium ylide precursor
作者:Yong-Woon Jung、Guie Gu、David M. Raffel
DOI:10.1002/jlcr.3791
日期:2019.10
Fluorine-18 labeled hydroxyphenethylguanidines were recently developed in our laboratory as a new class of PET radiopharmaceuticals for quantifying regional cardiac sympathetic nerve density in heart disease patients. Studies of 4-[18F]fluoro-m-hydroxyphenethylguanidine ([18F]4F-MHPG) and 3-[18F]fluoro-p-hydroxyphenethylguanidine ([18F]3F-PHPG) in human subjects have shown that these radiotracers can be used to generate high-resolution maps of regional sympathetic nerve density using the Patlak graphical method. Previously, these compounds were synthesized using iodonium salt precursors, which provided sufficient radiochemical yields for on-site clinical PET studies. However, we were interested in exploring new methods that could offer significantly higher radiochemical yields. Spirocyclic iodonium ylide precursors have recently been established as an attractive new approach to radiofluorination of electron-rich aromatic compounds, offering several advantages over iodonium salt precursors. The goal of this study was to prepare a spirocyclic iodonium ylide precursor for synthesizing [18F]4F-MHPG and evaluate its efficacy in production of this radiopharmaceutical. Under optimized automated reaction conditions, the iodonium ylide precursor provided radiochemical yields averaging 7.8% ± 1.4% (n = 8, EOS, not decay corrected), around threefold higher than those achieved previously using an iodonium salt precursor. With further optimization and scale-up, this approach could potentially support commercial distribution of [18F]4F-MHPG to PET centers without on-site radiochemistry facilities.
在我们的实验室中,最近开发了氟-18标记羟基苯乙基胍作为一种新型PET放射药物,用于量化心脏疾病患者的区域性心脏交感神经密度。对人类受试者进行的4-[18F]氟-m-羟基苯乙基胍([18F]4F-MHPG)和3-[18F]氟-p-羟基苯乙基胍([18F]3F-PHPG)的研究显示,这些放射性示踪剂可以使用Patlak图形法生成区域性交感神经密度的高分辨率图谱。以前这些化合物是使用碘盐前体合成的,这为现场临床PET研究提供了足够的放射化学产率。然而,我们对探索能够提供显著更高放射化学产率的新方法感兴趣。螺环碘离子碱前体最近被确立为电子富含芳香化合物放射氟化的新方法,相较于碘盐前体,具备多个优势。本研究的目标是制备螺环碘离子碱前体,以合成[18F]4F-MHPG,并评估其在该放射药物生产中的有效性。在优化的自动反应条件下,碘离子碱前体的放射化学产率平均为7.8% ± 1.4%(n = 8,EOS,未进行衰变校正),约为之前使用碘盐前体合成的产率的三倍。通过进一步优化和规模化,这一方法有可能支持[18F]4F-MHPG的商业分发,向没有现场放射化学设施的PET中心提供服务。