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CC BY ND NC 4.0 · SynOpen 2019; 03(02): 55-58
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611845
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Synthesis of 6-(Fluoromethyl)-19-norcholest-5(10)-en-3-ol, a Fluorinated Analogue of NP-59, using the Mild Fluorinating Reagent, TBAF(Pinacol)2

Authors

  • Wade P. Winton

    a   Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 W Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA   eMail: afb@umich.edu
  • Allen F. Brooks*

    a   Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 W Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA   eMail: afb@umich.edu
  • Ka Kit Wong

    a   Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 W Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA   eMail: afb@umich.edu
  • Peter J. H. Scott

    a   Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 W Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA   eMail: afb@umich.edu
  • Benjamin L. Viglianti

    a   Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 W Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA   eMail: afb@umich.edu
    b   Nuclear Medicine Service, Ann Arbor Veterans Administration, 2215 Fuller Rd, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105, USA

This work was supported by funding from the Center for the Discovery of New Medicine at the University of Michigan, Mi-Kickstart Award from The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (Viglianti and Brooks), and a University of Michigan Energy Institute Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project Seed Grant.
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Publikationsverlauf

Received: 25. April 2019

Accepted after revision: 09. Mai 2019

Publikationsdatum:
22. Mai 2019 (online)


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Abstract

For 45 years, efforts to prepare a fluorinated analogue of the scintiscanning/SPECT agent 6-(iodomethyl)-19-norcholest-5(10)-en-3-ol (NP-59) for development of a PET imaging agent have failed due to undesired elimination reactions and unexpected rearrangements observed­ while utilizing a wide variety of fluorinating conditions (e.g., cesium­ fluoride, silver fluoride, (2-chloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethyl)diethylamine (FAR), diethylaminosulfur trifluoride (DAST), and hexa­fluoro­propene diethylamine FPA). Herein, we report the full synthesis of NP-59, followed by the four-step synthesis of 6-(fluoromethyl)-19-norcholest-5(10)-en-3-ol (FNP-59) using a recently developed mild fluorinating reagent, less prone to producing elimination reactions in the preparation of primary fluorides, TBAF(pinacol)2, with an overall yield of 16% (four steps). Also included is an evaluation of the TBAF(pinacol)2 reagent on eight test substrates to investigate its scope.

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