Abstract:
A simple modified home-made
11C-choline module enabled to rapid and efficient synthesis
11C-carfenatnil (
11C-CFN) as CNS μopioid receptor imaging agent. The synthesis of
11C-CFN was completed in a yield of 14.8 GBq within 18 min from
11C-CO
2 on the choline module. The methylation took place from 4-piperidinecarboxylic acid, 4-(1-oxopropyl)phenylamino-1-(2-phenylethyl), sodium salt as precursor in DMSO solution. The radiochemical yields were over 80% (
n=55, decay-corrected and based on
11CH
3-triflate). The radiochemical purity was over 95% and the specific activities was over 1.4×10
14 Bq/g. The biologic activity of
11C-CFN was confirmed with Micro PET/CT imaging.