No-carrier added (n.c.a.) 2-[18F]fluoromethyl-l-phenylalanine was found to be very sensitive to hydrolysis in aqueous solutions. This problem was solved partially by the addition of calcium ions (0.04 M), increasing the shelf-life to at least 6 h. In this paper the defluorination reaction was studied in detail to elucidate its mechanism. Therefore, L and D enantiomers of 2-[18F]FMP and 4-[18F]FMP were synthesized, as well as 2-[18F]fluoromethyl-phenethylamine and 4-[18F]fluoromethyl-phenethylamine, both decarboxylated ‘mimetic’ molecules of the amino acid analogues. Radiosynthesis, using a customized Scintomics automatic synthesis hotboxthree module, resulted in a high overall yield and a radiochemical purity of >99%. The defluorination rates of all compounds were studied by HPLC. The L enantiomer of n.c.a 2-[18F]FMP defluorinated seven times faster than the D enantiomer and 2-[18F]fluoromethyl-phenethylamine. Both enantiomers of 4-[18F]FMP and 4-[18F]fluoromethyl-phenethylamine were stable. From these data, the reaction mechanism, involving two distinct intramolecular interactions, was derived. First, the interaction between the amine and the benzylic fluorine weakens the carbon–fluorine bond. Secondly, the formation of a second hydrogen bridge between the carboxyl group and one of the benzylic hydrogen atoms renders the fluorine atom even more susceptible to hydrolysis. The latter interaction induces an additional chiral center. The probability of its formation differs considerably between L and D enantiomers of n.c.a. 2-[18F]FMP, which explains the difference in hydrolysis rate. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
无载体添加的(n.c.a.) 2-[18F]
氟甲基-l-苯丙
氨酸在
水溶液中对
水解非常敏感。通过添加
钙离子 (0.04 M),该问题部分得到解决,使其货架期延长至至少6小时。本文详细研究了去
氟反应,以阐明其机制。因此,合成了2-[18F]
FMP和4-[18F]
FMP的L和D对映体,以及2-[18F]
氟甲基-苯
乙胺和4-[18F]
氟甲基-苯
乙胺,这两者都是
氨基酸类的去羧基‘模拟’分子。使用定制的Scintomics自动合成热盒三模块进行的放射合成,获得了高的总体产率和>99%的放射
化学纯度。通过高效
液相色谱(HPLC)研究了所有化合物的去
氟速率。n.c.a 2-[18F]
FMP的L对映体去
氟速率是D对映体和2-[18F]
氟甲基-苯
乙胺的七倍。4-[18F]
FMP和4-[18F]
氟甲基-苯
乙胺的两个对映体均表现出稳定性。根据这些数据,得出了反应机制,涉及两种不同的分子内相互作用。首先,胺与苯基
氟之间的相互作用削弱了碳-
氟键。其次,羧基与其中一个苯基氢原子形成的第二个氢桥使
氟原子对
水解的敏感性进一步增强。后者的相互作用引入了额外的手性中心。这种手性中心的形成概率在n.c.a. 2-[18F]
FMP的L和D对映体之间存在显著差异,这解释了
水解速率的差异。版权所有 © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.