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Looking for a 5-HT7 radiotracer for positron emission tomography.

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (2010-05-18)
Julien Andriès, Laëtitia Lemoine, Alice Mouchel-Blaisot, Sandrine Tang, Mathieu Verdurand, Didier Le Bars, Luc Zimmer, Thierry Billard
ABSTRACT

In search of a serotonin 5-HT(7) radiotracer for positron emission tomography, we developed 1-[2-[(2S)-1-(phenylsulfonyl)pyrrolidin-2-yl]ethyl]piperidin-4-yl 4-fluorobenzoate. After labeling in good yield with fluorine-18 via nitro for fluorine exchange, preliminary biological experiments with autoradiographies failed to evidence any specific 5-HT(7) receptor delineation.

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Sigma-Aldrich
4-Fluorobenzoic acid, 99%, purified by sublimation
Sigma-Aldrich
4-Fluorobenzoic acid, 98%