摘要

Recently, silicon fluoride building blocks (SiFA) have emerged as valuable and promising tools to overcome challenges in the labeling of peptides and proteins for positron emission tomography (PET). Herein, we report a fully automated synthesis of N-succinimidyl 3-(di-tert-butyl[F-18]fluorosilyl)benzoate ([F-18]SiFB) by a commercially available Scintomics Hot Box 3 synthesis module, to be used as a prosthetic group for peptide and protein labeling. The drying of K2.2.2./K F-18 complex was performed according to the Munich method modified by our group (avoiding azeotropic drying) using oxalic acid to neutralize the base from the F-18(-) containing QMA eluent. This K2.2.2./K F-18 complex was then used for SiFA F-18-F-18 isotopic exchange followed by a fast purification by a solid-phase-extraction (SPE) to afford [F-18]SiFB with an average preparative radiochemical yield (RCY) of 24 +/- 1% (non-decay corrected (NDC)) within a synthesis time of 30 min. The [F-18]SiFB produced by automated synthesis was then used for the F-18-labeling of rat serum albumin (RSA) as a proof of applicability.

  • 出版日期2014-7
  • 单位McGill; TU Dortmund