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SUBMITTER: Jacobson O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5218596 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jacobson Orit O Yan Xuefeng X Ma Ying Y Niu Gang G Kiesewetter Dale O DO Chen Xiaoyuan X
Bioconjugate chemistry 20150624 10
Hexafluorobenzene (HFB) reacts with free thiols to produce a unique and selective perfluoroaromatic linkage between two sulfurs. We modified this chemical reaction to produce dimeric (18)F-RGD-tetrafluorobenzene (TFB)-RGD, an integrin αvβ3 receptor ligand. (18)F-HFB was prepared by a fluorine exchange reaction using K(18)F/K2.2.2 at room temperature. The automated radiofluorination was optimized to minimize the amount of HFB precursor and, thus, maximize the specific activity. (18)F-HFB was isol ...[more]