An investigation on stereospecific fluorination at the 2′-arabino- position of a pyrimidine nucleoside: Radiosynthesis of 2′-deoxy-2′- [18F]fluoro-5-methyl-1-β-d-arabinofuranosyluracil

Nashaat Turkman, Vincenzo Paolillo, Juri G. Gelovani, Mian M. Alauddin

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Abstract

Direct fluorination at the 2′-arabino-position of a pyrimidine nucleoside has been a long-standing challenge, yet we recently reported such a stereospecific fluorination for the first time in the synthesis of [ 18F]FMAU, albeit in low yields. Herein we report the results of an investigation on stereospecific fluorination on a variety of precursors for synthesis of [18F]FMAU. Several precursors were synthesized in multiple steps and fluorination was performed at the 2′-arabino-position using K[18F]/kryptofix 2.2.2. All precursors produced [ 18F]FMAU in low yields.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)10326-10332
Number of pages7
JournalTetrahedron
Volume68
Issue number50
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 16 2012

Keywords

  • Fluorine-18
  • PET
  • Pyrimidine nucleoside
  • Stereospecific fluorination

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Organic Chemistry

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