Transition-Metal-Mediated Radiohalogenation using Aryl Boron Reagents

Abstract

Biomolecules labeled with radioisotopes of iodine and fluorine play a major role in science and medicine, with a range of applications including molecular imaging of disease, as radiopharmaceuticals for therapy and as tools for drug discovery. Due to the relative stability of Csp²–halogen bonds, radioiodine and radiofluorine labels are commonly incorporated into tracers via arene substitution. The wide availability of aryl boron reagents has led to their use for the development of radioiodination and radiofluorination methods, particularly using transition-metal complexes for accelerated reactions. Here, we review the range of transition-metal-mediated methods that have been developed for radiohalogenation of aryl boron compounds. Applications of these transformations for the preparation of molecular imaging agents and the use of new technologies to advance automated synthesis or high-throughput discovery are also described.

1 Introduction

2 Radioiodination Using Aryl Boron Reagents

2.1 Applications of Copper-Mediated Radioiodination Reactions

3 Radiofluorination Using Aryl Boron Reagents

3.1 Radiofluorination Using Palladium, Nickel and Silver Complexes

3.2 Radiofluorination Using Copper Complexes

3.3 Applications of Copper-Mediated Radiofluorination Reactions

3.4 New Technology for Copper-Mediated Radiofluorination Reactions

4 Conclusions

Key words

aromatic halogenation - radioiodine - radiofluorine - transition-metal catalysis - medical imaging

Publication History

Received: 01 August 2024

Accepted after revision: 23 August 2024

Article published online:
30 September 2024

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