Efficient synthesis of fluorescent-PET probes based on [18F]BODIPY dye†
Abstract
We report the direct conversion of fluorescent probes to PET/fluorescent probes after efficient [19F]/[18F] exchange at the BODIPY motif. The radiolabeling of a NIR BODIPY dye was also established, which was conjugated with the RGD peptide for PET/fluorescence imaging of integrin expression in vivo.