Tracers / [18F]SFB

[18F]SFB

Also written as 4-[18F]fluorobenzoic acid; [18F]SFB; [F-18]SFB; GE-274; N-succinimidyl 4-[18F]fluorobenzoate; N-succinimidyl-4-[18F]fluorobenzoate
Radionuclide
F-18 t½ 109.7 min
Modality
n/a
Production route
Cyclotron liquid target
Stage
n/a
Syntheses indexed
7

What it is

Compound class
Prosthetic group / synthon
Target / mechanism
n/a
Clinical application
n/a
Theranostic pair

Regulatory status

FDA
No Drugs@FDA / openFDA drug registry — no approved application found; search: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/index.cfm?event=BasicSearch.process&searchTerm=succinimidyl+fluorobenzoate
EMA (centralised)
Other approvals
Brand names

Clinical use

Typical injected activity
Uptake time

Reported in the literature. Not a dosing recommendation.

Published syntheses

ModuleCassettePurificationYield %RCP %Precursor / supplierSource
TRACERlab FX FN
GE HealthCare
custom manifoldSPE38%
no
>95%4-(ethoxycarbonyl)-N,N,N-trimethylbenzenaminium triflate21769163
2011 J Labelled Comp Radiopharm
the Tracerlab was configured as shown in Figure 12 — Typical yields of [18F]SFB using this method were 38% (non-decay corrected, n = 20) and radiochemical purity is always >95%.
Neptis (model not stated)
ORA
custom manifoldHPLC42 + 4%
yes
>99%N-succinimidyl 4-(tri-n-butylstannyl)-benzoate
abcr GmbH
36333403
2022 Sci Rep
Production and use of [18F]SFB were implemented on a radiosynthesis unit (Neptis®). — [18F]SFB was obtained after HPLC purification in a yield of 42 + 4% and a radiochemical purity (RCP) > 99% (n = 6).
AllinOne (AiO)
Trasis
vendor cassetteSPE44 ± 4%
yes
>90%ethyl-4-(trimethylammonium)benzoate
ABX
39048805
2024 EJNMMI Radiopharm Chem
the AllInOne (AiO) module (Trasis) — a RCY d.c. of 44 ± 4% (n = 13)
HPLC30710291
2019 Methods Mol Biol
none42%
yes
21267662
2011 Mol Imaging Biol
GE FASTlab™ synthesizer — 42% decay-corrected yield in 57 min (n = 24)
32%
yes
21267662
2011 Mol Imaging Biol
GE FASTlab™ synthesizer — The lower d.c. yield obtained (32% (n = 15))
46±5%
yes
>99%16935516
2007 Appl Radiat Isot
a modified Siemens/CTI chemistry process control unit (CPCU) double vessel [18F]FDG module — decay corrected yields of ... 46+/-5% (n=4) for [18F]SFB

Precursor

Common precursor
Spirocyclic iodonium ylide precursor (one-step route); classical routes use a 4-(trimethylammonium or nitro or boronate)-benzoate ester precursor PMID 31546683 / DOI 10.3390/molecules24193436
Suppliers seen in the literature
Cited suppliers in indexed syntheses
ABX, abcr GmbH
Typical final purification
HPLC

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Quality control Preliminary — inferred from compound class

Ph. Eur. monograph
USP monograph
AppearancepHRCP HPLCRCP TLCHPLC UVResidual solvents (GC)Radionuclidic (HPGe)Half-lifeActivityEndotoxins (LAL)SterilityFilter integrity
How this set was arrived at. base set per Ph. Eur. general monograph 0125 (rule); organic solvent confirmed in synthesis data (PMID 21769163) -> GC residual solvents; conventional nucleophilic 18F-fluorination assumed from isotope/compound class, no synthesis data confirming K222 use -> Kryptofix test (preliminary)

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

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Notes

Synthon, not a tracer. Keep out of the main tracer list on the site.