Halogenated organic compounds are highly sought after in a wide
variety of fields, for example synthetic and medicinal chemistry
as well as materials science. The supported synthesis of organohalogens
has been extensively developed in the field of imaging where rapid
purification of radiotracers containing isotopes with short half-lives
is of great importance. Electrophilic and nucleophilic halogenation
occurs upon cleavage from the support and the desired labeled product
is readily separated from contaminants. This review provides a discussion
as to how supported synthetic routes have facilitated the preparation
of halogenated compounds.
halogenation - solid support - fluorous - radiochemistry - detagging