A hybrid solid‐fluorous phase radioiodination and purification platform

A new class of fluorous materials was developed to create a hybrid solid-solution phase strategy for the expedient preparation and HPLC-free purification of 125I-labeled compounds. The system is referred to as a hybrid platform in that it combines solution phase labeling and fluorous solid-phase purification in one step as opposed to two separate individual processes. Treatment of fluorous arylstannanes coated on fluorous silica with [125I]NaI and the appropriate oxidant made it possible to produce and selectively isolate the nonfluorous radiolabeled products in high purity (>98%) free from excess starting material and unreacted radioiodine. Examples included simple aryl and heterocyclic (click) derivatives, known radiopharmaceuticals including meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) and iododeoxyuridine (IUdR), and a new agent with high affinity for prostate-specific membrane antigen. The coated fluorous silica kits are simple to prepare, and reactions can be performed at room temperature using different oxidants generating products in minutes in biocompatible solutions.