Abstract
An improved synthesis of N, N-dimethyl-2-(2-amino-4-[ 18F]fluorophenylthio)benzylamine (4-[ 18F]-ADAM, 2) as a potent serotonin transporter (SERT) imaging agent is described. Molecular orbital (MO) calculation predicts that N, N-dimethyl-2-(2-nitro-4-trimethylammoniumtrifluoromethanesulfonylphenylthio)benzamide (8) is probably a better precursor than N,N-dimethyl-2-(2,4-dinitrophenylthio)benzylamine (1) for preparing 2. Radioligand 2 was synthesized by the reaction of either precursor 1 or precursor 8 with K[ 18F]/K 2.2.2 at 120 °C followed by reduction with BH 3 at 80 °C. The radiochemical yield (EOB) of 2 synthesized from precursor 1 and 8 was 5.7±2.4% ( n=6) and 14.8±4.0% ( n=5), respectively, in a synthesis time of 120 min from EOB. The specific activity of 2 was 3 Ci/μmol or 111 GBq/μmol (EOB). Thus, this new synthetic method has significantly improved the radiochemical yield of 4-[ 18F]-ADAM and makes this radioligand more accessible to PET Centers without a cyclotron.
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