Radiosynthesis of O-[11C]methyl-L-tyrosi
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Ren Iwata; Shozo Furumoto; Claudio Pascali; Anna Bogni; Kiichi Ishiwata
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract Two positronβemitting analogues of tyrosine, __O__β[^11^C]methylβLβtyrosine and __O__β[^18^F]fluoromethylβLβtyrosine were prepared as new tumor imaging agents. The alkylating agent, [^11^C]methyl triflate or [^18^F]fluoromethyl triflate, was simply bubbled through a dimethylsulfoxide so