title: Sweetening pharmaceutical radiochemistry by (18)f-fluoroglycosylation: a short review.
abstract: At the time when the highly efficient [(18)F]FDG synthesis was discovered by the use of the effective precursor 1,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-2-O-trifluoromethanesulfonyl- β -D-mannopyranose (mannose triflate) for nucleophilic (18)F-substitution, the field of PET in nuclear medicine experienced a long-term boom. Thirty years later, various strategies for chemoselective (18)F-labeling of biomolecules have been developed, trying to keep up with the emerging field of radiopharmaceutical sciences. Among the new radiochemical strategies, chemoselective (18)F-fluoroglycosylation methods aim at the sweetening of pharmaceutical radiochemistry by providing a powerful and highly valuable tool for the design of (18)F-glycoconjugates with suitable in vivo properties for PET imaging studies. This paper provides a short review (reflecting the literature not older than 8 years) on the different (18)F-fluoroglycosylation reactions that have been applied to the development of various (18)F-glycoconjugate tracers, including not only peptides, but also nonpeptidic tracers and high-molecular-weight proteins.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Imaging and Radiochemistry, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich Alexander University, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maschauer
authors.affiliation: Molecular Imaging and Radiochemistry, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich Alexander University, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0247-3656
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Prante
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods; D010455:Peptides; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011854:Radiochemistry; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18