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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Radiat Isot. 2014 Jun 2;91:135–140. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.05.019

Table 2.

Reaction conditions and radiochemical yields for [11C]LAAM

Solvent Methylation source / base / reaction temperature Radiochemical yield
DMSO [11C]MeI / 5N NaOH/ 85°C 41%
DMSO [11C]MeI / 1M Cs2CO3/ 85°C 25%
DMSO [11C]MeOTf / 5N NaOH/ 60°C 52%
MEK [11C]MeOTf / 5N NaOH/ 60°C 58%
MEK [11C]MeOTf / 30% KOH/ 60°C 63%