Fluorine-18 Radiopharmaceuticals

Fluorine in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 361-388

  Kilbourn, Michael R ^a   Shao, Xia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

18 F labeling of electron rich aryl rings; Aromatic nucleophilic substitution activated aryl rings; Fluorine 18 chemistry; Fluorine 18 radiopharmaceuticals; Labeling methods for 18 F fluorination reactions; New directions in 18 F labeling; Nucleophilic 18 F fluorination in protic solvents; PET (positron emission tomography) powerful in vivo imaging technique capable of providing dynamic information on biochemical processes; Prosthetic groups fluoroalkyl and fluoroacyl substituents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868565418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444312096.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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