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SUBMITTER: Sap JBI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6429591 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20190129 11
Herein, we report the radiosynthesis of <sup>18</sup>F-difluoromethylarenes <i>via</i> the assembly of three components, a boron reagent, ethyl bromofluoroacetate, and cyclotron-produced non-carrier added [<sup>18</sup>F]fluoride. The two key steps are a copper-catalysed cross-coupling reaction, and a Mn-mediated <sup>18</sup>F-fluorodecarboxylation. ...[more]