## Abstract A decline of norepinephrine transporter (NET) level is associated with several psychiatric and neurological disorders. Therefore positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents are greatly desired to study the NET pathway. We have developed a __C__‐fluoropropyl analog of nisoxetine: (
N1'-(p-[18F]Fluorobenzyl)naltrindole (p-[18F]BNTI) as a potential PET imaging agent for DOP receptors
✍ Scribed by Eyup Akgün; Munawwar Sajjad; Philip S. Portoghese
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2135
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✦ Synopsis
The N1'-(p-fluorobenzyl)naltrindole 5 has been synthesized by reaction of 3-O-benzyl NTI 3 with p-fluorobenzylbromide under phase transfer catalysis. The subsequent 3-O-benzyldeprotection of 4 in HBr/CH 3 COOH gave the target compound 5 in three steps from naltrindole 2. p-FBNTI 5 is a novel delta opioid receptor antagonist (K i =0.00312 nM) and antagonizes the delta opioid (DOP) agonist, DPDPE, with a K e =1.55 nM in the mouse vas deferens preparation. Using the same synthetic strategy the synthesis of p-[ 18 F]BNTI 10 was undertaken. The final yield was 4% and the specific activity varied in a range of 250-400 mCi/mmol.
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