Setoperone is a compound that is a

ligand In coordination chemistry, a ligand is an ion or molecule (functional group) that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex. The bonding with the metal generally involves formal donation of one or more of the ligand's elect ...

to the 5-HT_2A receptor. It can be radiolabeled with the

radioisotope A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is a nuclide that has excess nuclear energy, making it unstable. This excess energy can be used in one of three ways: emitted from the nucleus as gamma radiation; transferr ...

fluorine-18 Fluorine-18 (18F) is a fluorine radioisotope which is an important source of positrons. It has a mass of 18.0009380(6) u and its half-life is 109.771(20) minutes. It decays by positron emission 96% of the time and electron capture 4% of the time ...

and used as a

radioligand A radioligand is a radioactive biochemical substance (in particular, a ligand (biochemistry), ligand that is radioactive tracer, radiolabeled) that is used for diagnosis or for research-oriented study of the receptor (biochemistry), receptor system ...

with

positron emission tomography Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes in metabolic processes, and in other physiological activities including blood flow, ...

(PET). Several research studies have used the radiolabeled setoperone in

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for the studying

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s, such as depression or

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Synthesis

The starting material is called 6-(2-hydroxyethyl)-7-methyl-2,3-dihydro- ,3hiazolo

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yrimidin-5-one
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(1). Halogenation of this with hydrobromic acid in acetic acid give
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(2). Sn2 alkylation with 4-(4-fluorobenzoyl)piperidine 6346-57-7(3) under Finkelstein reaction conditions affords setoperone (4).

References

5-HT2A antagonists Abandoned drugs Aromatic ketones Fluoroarenes Piperidines Receptor modulators Thiazolopyrimidines {{nervous-system-drug-stub

Synthesis

See also

References