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SUBMITTER: Rotstein BH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5000859 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rotstein Benjamin H BH Liang Steven H SH Placzek Michael S MS Hooker Jacob M JM Gee Antony D AD Dollé Frédéric F Wilson Alan A AA Vasdev Neil N
Chemical Society reviews 20160801 17
The positron-emitting radionuclide carbon-11 ((11)C, t1/2 = 20.3 min) possesses the unique potential for radiolabeling of any biological, naturally occurring, or synthetic organic molecule for in vivo positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Carbon-11 is most often incorporated into small molecules by methylation of alcohol, thiol, amine or carboxylic acid precursors using [(11)C]methyl iodide or [(11)C]methyl triflate (generated from [(11)C]carbon dioxide or [(11)C]methane). Consequently, sm ...[more]