Abstract:
Objective To research the automation synthesis and quality control of 18Ffluoromethyl choline(18F-FCH) by automatic synthesis module from Japanese sumitomo corporation.
Methods Intermediate product 18FCH2Br was produced by the reaction of CH2Br2 with 18F- which was made by sumitomo cyclotron. 18FC2H4SO3CF3 with a higher activity was generated by modifying the activities of 18FCH2Br through the Ag-Triflate/C column at high temperature. 18FC2H4SO3CF3 reacted with N, N-dimethyl ethanolamine on Sep-Pak C-18 column at room temperature and the products were purified through washing the Sep-Pak C-18 column and Sep-Pak CM column in series with alcohol, water and physiological saline injector respectively. The purity of the final products was detected by high performance liquid chromatography.
Results The radiochemical purity of 18F-FCH was above 97%, the uncorrected radiochemical yield was 27%, and the synthesis process last for 38 min.
Conclusion This synthesis method has more advantages, such as easier operation, higher yields, shorter synthesis time, more stable products with a higher radiochemical purity.