Dion van der Born, J. (Koos) D. M. Herscheid, Romano V. A. Orru and Danielle J. Vugts
Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 4018-4020
DOI:
10.1039/C3CC37833K,
Communication
A new strategy towards [18F]trifluoromethyl-containing compounds is developed. [18F]trifluoromethane is synthesised in a fast and efficient manner and subsequently used in the reaction with aldehydes and ketones forming [18F]trifluoromethyl carbinols in good yields.