11C-labeled methylbenzoates [
11C]
4a鈥?b>d were synthesized using Pd(0)-mediated rapid cross-coupling reactions employing [
11C]carbon monoxide and arylboronic acid neopentyl glycol esters
3a鈥?b>d under atmospheric pressure in methanol鈥揹imethylformamide (MeOH鈥揇MF), in radiochemical yields of 12 卤 5鈥?6 卤 13% (decay-corrected based on [
11C]O). The reaction conditions were highly favorable for the synthesis of [
11C]Am80 ([
11C]
2) and [
11C]methyl 4-((5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)carbamoyl)benzoate ([
11C]
2-Me) using 4-(5,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborinan-2-yl)-
N-(5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)benzamide (
5), both of which produced a decay-corrected radiochemical yield (RCY) of 26 卤 13%, with >99% radiochemical purity and an average specific radioactivity of 44 GBq/渭mol. The yields of [
11C]
4a, [
11C]
2-Me, and [
11C]
2 were improved by the use of a 2-fold excess of the solvents and reagents under the same conditions to give respective yields of 66 卤 8, 65 卤 7, and 48 卤 2%.
Keywords:
Am80; tamibarotene; methoxycarbonylation; [11C]carbon monoxide