• Journal of Radiopharmaceuticals and Molecular Probes
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.9-16
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• 2016

Carbon-11 is one of the most sensitive and desirable positron emission tomography radio-isotope, which offers the capacity to be incorporated, through a covalent bond, into biologically active molecules without altering their biological properties. Carbon-11 can be obtained from the cyclotron with two different chemical forms: $[^{11}C]CO_2$ and $[^{11}C]CH_4$. [$^{11}C$]Methyl iodide has been widely used as a highly reactive labelling precursor that can be applied to label carbon-11 with biologically active molecules via alkylation of N-, O-, or S-nucleophiles. A more recent and still challenging labeling method is transition metal mediated $^{11}C$-carbonylation. Advances in organic chemistry, radiochemistry and improved automated techniques greatly encourage researchers to develop more carbon-11 labelled radiotracers for molecular imaging studies. This mini-review will introduce a historical track of carbon-11 chemistry combining with examples and its role in near future.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.420-422
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• 1990

Various substituted benzal chlorides are converted into alkyl phenylacetates ($ArCH_2COOR$) under CO atmosphere on reaction with a catalytic amount of Fe(CO)$_5$, a base, and an alcohol. The optimum conditions are found as atmospheric pressure of CO, 40$^{\circ}C$, potassium hydroxide as base, and medium of alcohol.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.213-219
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• 2003

The photochemical transformation of carbon monoxide in aqueous solution has been investigated at $25{\pm}0.1^{\circ}C$using ZnO as a photocatalyst. After irradiation of 253.7 nm UV light in the solution, carboxylation and carbonylation processes were carried out, and the formation of formic acid, oxalic acid, glyoxylic acid, formaldehyde and glyoxal was observed. The formation of the products depended on the pH values in the solution. The yield of formaldehyde and glyoxal increased in acidic solution whereas it decreased in basic solution. When the pH values in the solution increased above 11.5, the yield of formic acid increased rapidly. The initial quantum yields of the products were determined and the probable mechanisms for the reactions were presented on the basis of the products analysis.