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Synthesis of a technetium-99m labelledL-tyrosine derivative with thefac-99mTc(I)(CO)3-core using a simple kit-procedure

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Summary The synthesis of a novel technetium-99m labelled derivative of l-tyrosine as a potential tumour imaging agent for nuclear medicine diagnosis is reported. The synthesis involved the labelling precursor fac-[ 99m Tc(OH2)(CO)3] + which was synthesized using the commercially available Isolink 1 -labelling kit and the tyrosine derivative O-(N,Nbis(carboxymethyl)aminoethyl)-l-tyrosine trifluoroacetate. The labelled compound O( 99m Tc(I)-tricarbonyl-N,N-bis(carboxymethyl)aminoethyl)-l-tyrosine was obtained in a radiochemical yield of 70–80% within 60 min with a radiochemical purity greater than 98% without any HPLC purification step. Purification was achieved merely by solid phase extraction. Chemical as well as chiral purity was determined using gradient- and chiral HPLC. Copyright # 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.