Tracer library / [11C]acetoacetate
Structure of acetoacetate (unlabelled parent compound, from PubChem)
Unlabelled parent compoundPubChem CID 6971017

[11C]acetoacetate

Also written as [11C]Acetoacetate; [C-11]Acetoacetate
Radionuclide
C-11 t½ 20.36 min
Modality
PET
Production route
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Stage
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Syntheses indexed
3

What it is

Compound class
carboxylic acid (short-chain ketone body, acetoacetate)
Target / mechanism
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Clinical application
Assessment of ketone body utilization / oxidative metabolism PMID 41452397
Theranostic pair
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Published syntheses

ModuleCassettePurificationYield %RCP %Precursor / supplierSource
TRACERlab FX2 C
GE HealthCare
custom manifoldHPLC4.67 ± 1.36%
decay-corrected
97.1 ± 1.3%lithium enolate of acetone (from…lithium enolate of acetone (from isopropenyl acetate and MeLi)
Sigma-Aldrich
41452397
2025 EJNMMI Radiopharm Chem
a GE TRACERlab FX2 C module - The decay-corrected RCY was 4.67 ± 1.36% after an average synthesis time of 15 min
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GE HealthCare
custom manifoldSPE16.1 ± 1.1%
not corrected
97 ± 2%chloroacetone (17-Cl)37608567
2024 J Labelled Comp Radiopharm
Following the standard automated [11C]carbonylation protocol, the loop mixture was quenched with 0.1M NaOH - corresponding to 16.1 ± 1.1% non-decay corrected RCY
AllinOne (AiO)
Trasis
—SPE35%
decay-corrected
95%isopropenylacetate (IPA)
Sigma-Aldrich
28806598
2017 Appl Radiat Isot
TRASIS AllInOne (AIO) is a commonly used radiochemistry module for clinical GMP-grade radiopharmaceutical production - 1-[11C]acetoacetate was synthesized with high radiochemical purity (95%) and specific activity (~ 66.6 GBq/µmol, n = 30) with 35% radiochemical yield, decay corrected to end of synthesis.

Precursor

Common precursor
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Suppliers seen in the literature
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Cited suppliers in indexed syntheses
Sigma-Aldrich
Typical final purification
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Quality control Preliminary - inferred from compound class

Ph. Eur. monograph
not verified No Ph. Eur. check is recorded for this entry.
USP monograph
not verified No USP check is recorded for this entry.
AppearancepHRCP HPLCRCP TLCHPLC UVRadionuclidic (HPGe)Half-lifeActivityEndotoxins (LAL)SterilityFilter integrityMolar activity
How this set was arrived at. base set per Ph. Eur. general monograph 0125 (rule); receptor ligand with a saturable target -> molar activity (rule); organic-phase radiosynthesis assumed from isotope/compound class, no synthesis data confirming it -> GC residual solvents (preliminary)

Tests listed by reference only. Monograph texts are copyrighted and are not reproduced here. How these are derived

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Notes

Added from reverse module search (stage 6); 2 article(s) with C-11.
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