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Title: New radiohalogenated alkenyl tellurium fatty acids

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OSTI ID:5823150

Radiolabeled long-chain fatty acids have diagnostic value as radiopharmaceutical tools in myocardial imaging. Some applications of these fatty acids are limited due to their natural metabolic degradation in vivo with subsequent washout of the radioactivity from the myocardium. The identification of structural features that will increase the myocardial residence time without decreasing the heart uptake of long-chain fatty acids is of interest. Fatty acids containing the tellurium heteroatom were the first modified fatty acids developed that show unique prolonged myocardial retention and low blood levels. Our detailed studies with radioiodinated vinyliodide substituted tellurium fatty acids demonstrate that heart uptake is a function of the tellurium position. New techniques of tellurium and organoborane chemistry have been developed for the synthesis of a variety of radioiodinated iodoalkenyl tellurium fatty acids. 9 refs., 3 figs., 2 tabs.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Tennessee Univ., Knoxville (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
5823150
Report Number(s):
CONF-8708173-1; ON: DE88001767
Resource Relation:
Conference: 5. international symposium on the chemistry of selenium and tellurium, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, 24 Aug 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English