The 18F‐Difluoromethyl Group: Challenges, Impact and Outlook

J Ford, S Ortalli, V Gouverneur - … Chemie International Edition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The difluoromethyl functionality has proven useful in drug discovery, as it can modulate the
properties of bioactive molecules. For PET imaging, this structural motif has been largely …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in [18F]Trifluoromethylation Chemistry for PET Imaging

F Francis, F Wuest - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a preclinical and clinical imaging technique
extensively used to study and visualize biological and physiological processes in vivo …

Late‐Stage 18F‐Difluoromethyl Labeling of N‐Heteroaromatics with High Molar Activity for PET Imaging

L Trump, A Lemos, B Lallemand, P Pasau… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite a growing interest in CHF2 in medicinal chemistry, there is a lack of efficient
methods for the insertion of CHF18F into druglike compounds. Herein described is a …

A broadly applicable [18F]trifluoromethylation of aryl and heteroaryl iodides for PET imaging

M Huiban, M Tredwell, S Mizuta, Z Wan, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Molecules labelled with the unnatural isotope fluorine-18 are used for positron emission
tomography. Currently, this molecular imaging technology is not exploited at its full potential …

Synthesis of [18F]Fluoroform with High Molar Activity

A Pees, AD Windhorst, MJWD Vosjan… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fluoroform is an interesting motif for the isotopologue labelling of biologically active
compounds with fluorine‐18 for PET imaging. However, so far the building block [18F] …

Difluorocarbene-enabled synthesis of 18F-radiotracers in positron emission tomography

X Liu, C Huan, X Zhang, W Zhang - Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a preclinical and clinical imaging technique that is
extensively used in biomedical research and disease diagnosis to study and visualize …

Aliphatic 18F‐Radiofluorination: Recent Advances in the Labeling of Base‐Sensitive Substrates**

K Bratteby, V Shalgunov, MM Herth - ChemMedChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aliphatic fluorine‐18 radiolabeling is the most commonly used method to synthesize tracers
for PET‐imaging. With an increasing demand for 18F‐radiotracers for clinical applications …

[18F]CuCF3: A [18F]Trifluoromethylating Agent for Arylboronic Acids and Aryl Iodides

P Ivashkin, G Lemonnier, J Cousin… - … A European Journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Positron emission tomography has emerged as the leading method for medical imaging with
fluorine‐18 as the most widely used radioactive isotope. Here we report a semi‐automated …

18F fluoroethylations: different strategies for the rapid translation of 11C-methylated radiotracers

W Wadsak, LK Mien, DE Ettlinger, H Eidherr… - Nuclear medicine and …, 2007 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: The translation of 11C-labeled compounds into their respective 18F-
labeled derivatives is an important tool in the rapid development of positron emission …

[HTML][HTML] Fluorine-18: Radiochemistry and Target-Specific PET Molecular Probes Design

Y Wang, Q Lin, H Shi, D Cheng - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The positron emission tomography (PET) molecular imaging technology has gained
universal value as a critical tool for assessing biological and biochemical processes in living …