PRODUCTION OF 18F-LABELLED COMPOUNDS COMPRISING HYDROLYTIC DEPROTECTION STEP AND SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION

• Main Authors: LIGNON STEVE, WOUTERS LUDOVIC
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.06.2015
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; STEROIDS; SUGARS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

The present invention provides a simplified method for the preparation of 18F-labelled compounds that is particularly suitable for automation. The method of the invention is specifically applicable where the 18F-labelled compound is prepared from a labelling precursor that comprises protecting groups and wherein the synthetic route to the final compound includes removal of these protecting groups by acid or alkaline hydrolysis. Also provided by the present invention is a cassette useful for carrying out the method of the invention in an automated manner.