A no-carrier-added 72Se/72As isotope generator

Siinznrary A no-carrier-added 72Se/72As generator has been developed for the isolation of 72As, relevant for eventual application in the syntheses of 72As-labelled radiophamaceuticals. Avoiding the addition of Se carrier and using a thennochromatographic destillation process, no-carrier-added 72As is nearly quantitatively released within 10 min. 72Se remains almost quantitatively (> 99.7%) in solution when a temperature of the separation process of 100°C is applied. Introdiiction Arsenic-72 is a positron emitting isotope with properties which are promising for eventual application in 72As-labelled radiopharmaceuticals. It has n positron emission rate of 88% and positron energies of EP+,,,,~…