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Late-Stage Copper-Catalyzed Radiofluorination of an Arylboronic Ester Derivative of Atorvastatin

by
Gonçalo S. Clemente
1,†,
Tryfon Zarganes-Tzitzikas
2,†,
Alexander Dömling
2 and
Philip H. Elsinga
1,*
1
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
2
Department of Drug Design, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
*
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
Academic Editor: Svend Borup Jensen
Molecules 2019, 24(23), 4210; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24234210
Received: 9 October 2019 / Revised: 7 November 2019 / Accepted: 18 November 2019 / Published: 20 November 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Past, Present, and Future of Radiochemical Synthesis)
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There is an unmet need for late-stage 18F-fluorination strategies to label molecules with a wide range of relevant functionalities to medicinal chemistry, in particular (hetero)arenes, aiming to obtain unique in vivo information on the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) using positron emission tomography (PET). In the last few years, Cu-mediated oxidative radiofluorination of arylboronic esters/acids arose and has been successful in small molecules containing relatively simple (hetero)aromatic groups. However, this technique is sparsely used in the radiosynthesis of clinically significant molecules containing more complex backbones with several aromatic motifs. In this work, we add a new entry to this very limited database by presenting our recent results on the 18F-fluorination of an arylboronic ester derivative of atorvastatin. The moderate average conversion of [18F]F− (12%), in line with what has been reported for similarly complex molecules, stressed an overview through the literature to understand the radiolabeling variables and limitations preventing consistently higher yields. Nevertheless, the current disparity of procedures reported still hampers a consensual and conclusive output. View Full-Text
Keywords: fluorine-18; radiochemistry; late-stage radiofluorination; drug development; copper-catalyzed; boronic pinacol ester fluorine-18; radiochemistry; late-stage radiofluorination; drug development; copper-catalyzed; boronic pinacol ester
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S. Clemente, G.; Zarganes-Tzitzikas, T.; Dömling, A.; H. Elsinga, P. Late-Stage Copper-Catalyzed Radiofluorination of an Arylboronic Ester Derivative of Atorvastatin. Molecules 2019, 24, 4210. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24234210

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S. Clemente G, Zarganes-Tzitzikas T, Dömling A, H. Elsinga P. Late-Stage Copper-Catalyzed Radiofluorination of an Arylboronic Ester Derivative of Atorvastatin. Molecules. 2019; 24(23):4210. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24234210

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S. Clemente, Gonçalo, Tryfon Zarganes-Tzitzikas, Alexander Dömling, and Philip H. Elsinga. 2019. "Late-Stage Copper-Catalyzed Radiofluorination of an Arylboronic Ester Derivative of Atorvastatin" Molecules 24, no. 23: 4210. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24234210

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