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Enhancing radiolytic stability upon concentration of tritium‐labeled pharmaceuticals utilizing centrifugal evaporation
Author(s) -
Marques Rosemary,
Helmy Roy,
Waterhouse David
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of labelled compounds and radiopharmaceuticals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.432
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1099-1344
pISSN - 0362-4803
DOI - 10.1002/jlcr.3292
Subject(s) - chemistry , evaporation , tritium , solvent , decomposition , radiolysis , radiochemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry , aqueous solution , thermodynamics , physics , nuclear physics
Tritium radiopharmaceuticals are often used in drug development because of their desirable specific activity. The inherent instability of these radioactive tracers often leads to a requirement to purify prior to use. Purification methodologies such as preparative chromatography and solid/liquid extractions often utilize water as a solvent, which is not suitable for long‐term storage and necessitates removal. Rotary evaporation has traditionally been utilized for the removal of this unwanted solvent, however, this method has been shown to lead to decomposition of the tritium species in some cases. Centrifugal evaporation is a milder concentration method which has been demonstrated to effectively remove solvents. In this study, we show that centrifugal evaporation leads to effective concentration of tritium samples without the decomposition typically observed by rotary evaporation.