Stereospecific radiosynthesis of 3-fluoro amino acids: access to enantiomerically pure radioligands for positron emission tomography

Abstract

A variety of substituted non-racemic aziridine-2-carboxylates equivalent to amino acids were prepared and subjected to ring opening reaction by [¹⁸F/¹⁹F]fluoride. The regio and stereospecific ring opening depends on the substituents on the nitrogen as well as both the carbons of aziridines. The applicability of the methods to afford access to 3-[¹⁸F/¹⁹F]fluoro amino acids are illustrated.