Abstract To assess the potential of intermolecular hydroacylation reactions as a new fluorine- 18 labeling method, model reactions of [18 F] fluorobenzaldehyde with three different olefins (1-hexene (2a), allylbenzene (2b), and 3-phenoxypropene (2c)) in the presence of Wilkinson's catalyst were performed. The procedure gave high radiochemical yields (38– 62%) of [18 F] fluorophenylketones with short reaction times (15 min). The intermolecular ...
