The present study describes a rapid synthesis method for labeled [11C] FK506 for positron emission tomography (PET). A one-pot reaction from [11C] CH3I, involving a Wittig reaction as the key carbon carbon bond formation was developed. The chemical process was accomplished using a designed, fully automated synthetic apparatus, and an injectable solution of [11C] FK506 was obtained in only 34 min from [11C] CH3I. The decay- ...
[Nakatsuka, Masashi; Ragan, John A.; Sammakia, Tarek; Smith, David B.; Uehling, David E.; Schreiber, Stuart L. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1990 , vol. 112, # 14 p. 5583 - 5601]