The preparation of the 61-specific ligand 7-benzylidenenaltrexone (BNTX), labeled with tritium at high specific activity (14.4 Ciimmol) was prepared in 33% yield and >98% purity by the aldol condensation of high specific activity [15,1 6-3H]naltrexone with benzaldehyde at high dilution.
A convenient procedure for preparing naltrexone-15,16-3H2 and naloxone-15-3H of high specific activity
✍ Scribed by George A. Brine; John A. Kepler
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 328 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2135
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Mercury(II) oxide oxidation of naltrexone (1a) and naloxone (1b) gave 15,16‐didehydronaltrexone (4a) and 15,16 didehydronaloxone (4b). Subsequent reduction of 4a with tritium gas afforded naltrexone‐15,16‐^3^H~2~ having a‐specific activity of 15.3 Ci/mmole. Subsequent equilibration of 4b with carrier free tritium oxide followed by sodium cyanoborohydride reduction yielded naloxone‐15‐^3^H having a specific activity of 4 Ci/mmole.
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