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• 402-46-0 4-fluorophenylsulphonamide 
• 111-36-4 n-butyl isocyanide 
• 592-82-5 butyl isothiocyanate 
• 780-99-4 (4-fluoro-benzenesulfonyl)-carbamic acid ethyl ester 
• 109-73-9 N-butylamine 
• 1554-74-1 N-butyl-N'-(4-fluoro-benzenesulfonyl)-thiourea 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Synthesis of fluorine-18 labeled sulfonureas as β-cell imaging agents

Tolbutamide (1) and glyburide (7) are hypoglycemic drugs used to stimulate insulin secretion in type 2 diabetic patients. We have synthesized their fluorine-18 labeled analogs, 1-[(4-[18F]fluorobenzenesulfonyl)]-3-butyl]urea (p-[18F]fluorotolbutamide, 3a) and N-{4-[β-(2-[18F]fluoroethoxybenzene carboxamido)ethyl]benzenesulfonyl}-N′-cyclohexylurea (2-[18F]fluoroethoxyglyburide, 6a) as β-cell imaging agents. Compound 3a was synthesized via two approaches: One-step synthesis via nucleophilic substitution of p-nitrotolbutamide (2) with K[18F]/Kryptofix 2.2.2 in either CH3CN or DMSO gave a complicated mixture; a two-step synthesis via preparation and reaction of 4-[18F]fluorobenzenesulfonamide with butyl isocyanate in the presence of either copper (I) chloride or borontrifluoride etherate complex in CH3CN followed by HPLC purification yielded compound 3a in an overall yield of 1-2% with a synthesis time of 120 minutes from EOB. Compound 6a was synthesized by alkylation of the corresponding hydroxy precursor (5) with [18F]fluoroethyl tosylate in DMSO at 1200C for 20 minutes followed by HPLC purification in an overall yield of 5-10% with a synthesis time of 100 minutes from EOB. The lipid/water partition coefficient of compounds 3a and 6a was 3.13±0.28, n=6 and 124.33±21.61, n=8, respectively. The feasibility of using these radiotraces as β-cell imaging agents is under evaluation.