Preparative medicinal chemistry
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In the research group for Preparative Medicinal Chemistry, we use synthetic chemistry as a driving force within medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, and molecular imaging with the aim of making an impact in drug development and healthcare innovation.
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Research
New Synthetic Methods
What: Develop new chemical reactions to prepare biologically relevant compounds
Why: Access to novel chemical structures is of fundamental importance in drug discovery
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Tracers for PET Imaging
What: Novel PSMA/GRPR-targeting heterodimeric tracers for PET/SPECT imaging
Why: Better clinical tools for diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer
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Psychotherapeutics
What: Design and synthesis of novel psychedelics and development of robust chemical methods for their preparation
Why: Novel treatment opportunities and fundamental mechanistic insights regarding mental illness
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MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) Reagents
What: Development of selective and highly sensitive reactive matrices for MALDI imaging
Why: These novel tools can be used to study biochemical changes during disease progression or treatment
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IRAP inhibitors
What: Discovery of highly potent, selective and metabolically stable IRAP inhibitors
Why: Potential new treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
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Latest publications
- Pagnon de la Vega, María; Syvänen, Stina; Giedraitis, Vilmantas et al., 2024
- Engen, Karin; Lundbäck, Thomas; Yadav, Anubha et al., 2024
- Wannberg, Johan; Gising, Johan; Henriksson, Martin et al., 2024
Meet our researchers
Read more about our team of researchers and educators in Preparative Medicinal Chemistry.
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Publications
Part of Acta neuropathologica communications, 2024
- DOI for Altered amyloid-β structure markedly reduces gliosis in the brain of mice harboring the Uppsala APP deletion
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Inhibition of Insulin-Regulated Aminopeptidase by Imidazo[1,5-α]pyridines; Synthesis and Evaluation
Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024
- DOI for Inhibition of Insulin-Regulated Aminopeptidase by Imidazo[1,5-α]pyridines; Synthesis and Evaluation
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N-(Heteroaryl)thiophene sulfonamides as angiotensin AT2 receptor ligands
Part of European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2024
- DOI for N-(Heteroaryl)thiophene sulfonamides as angiotensin AT2 receptor ligands
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Part of Molecular Medicine Reports, 2024
- DOI for Reduction of renal activity retention of radiolabeled albumin binding domain-derived affinity proteins using a non-residualizing label strategy compared with a cleavable glycine-leucine-glycine-lysine-linker
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Synthesis and evaluation of fluorine-18 labelled tetrazines as pre-targeting imaging agents for PET
Part of EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry, 2024
- DOI for Synthesis and evaluation of fluorine-18 labelled tetrazines as pre-targeting imaging agents for PET
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Part of Hormones and Behavior, 2024
- DOI for The decanoate esters of nandrolone, testosterone, and trenbolone induce steroid specific memory impairment and somatic effects in the male rat
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024
- DOI for The Discovery of New Inhibitors of Insulin-Regulated Aminopeptidase by a High-Throughput Screening of 400,000 Drug-like Compounds
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Part of ACS Omega, p. 18608-18616, 2024
- DOI for Two Novel [68Ga]Ga-Labeled Radiotracers Based on Metabolically Stable [Sar11]RM26 Antagonistic Peptide for Diagnostic Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of GRPR-Positive Prostate Cancer
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Part of Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
- DOI for 177Lu-labeled PSMA targeting therapeutic with optimized linker for treatment of disseminated prostate cancer; evaluation of biodistribution and dosimetry
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[18F]MK-7246 for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of the Beta-Cell Surface Marker GPR44
Part of Pharmaceutics, 2023
- DOI for [18F]MK-7246 for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of the Beta-Cell Surface Marker GPR44
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A Base-Free, Low Temperature Click and Release Reaction for the In Situ Generation of Diazomethane
Part of Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, p. 1839-1845, 2023
- DOI for A Base-Free, Low Temperature Click and Release Reaction for the In Situ Generation of Diazomethane
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Part of Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2023
- DOI for Acute nicotine exposure blocks aromatase in the limbic brain of healthy women: A [11C]cetrozole PET study
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Acyl Amidines by Pd-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylation: One-Pot Cyclizations and C-11 Labeling
Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 5078-5089, 2023
- DOI for Acyl Amidines by Pd-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylation: One-Pot Cyclizations and C-11 Labeling
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First-in-human evaluation of [18F]CETO: a novel tracer for adrenocortical tumours
Part of European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, p. 398-409, 2023
- DOI for First-in-human evaluation of [18F]CETO: a novel tracer for adrenocortical tumours
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Part of Journal of Nuclear Medicine, p. 145-148, 2023
- DOI for In Vivo Visualization and Quantification of Neutrophil Elastase in Lungs of COVID-19 Patients: A First-in-Humans PET Study with 11C-NES
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Part of Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, p. 836-846, 2023
- DOI for On-Tissue Chemical Derivatization for Comprehensive Mapping of Brain Carboxyl and Aldehyde Metabolites by MALDI-MS Imaging
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2023
PET imaging of neutrophil elastase with 11C-GW457427 in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in pigs
Part of Journal of Nuclear Medicine, p. 423-429, 2023
Part of Cancers, 2023
- DOI for Preclinical Characterisation of PSMA/GRPR-Targeting Heterodimer [Ga-68]Ga-BQ7812 for PET Diagnostic Imaging of Prostate Cancer: A Step towards Clinical Translation
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
- DOI for Preclinical Evaluation of a Novel High-Affinity Radioligand [99mTc]Tc-BQ0413 Targeting Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA)
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Synthesis of Substituted Indazole Acetic Acids by N-N Bond Forming Reactions
Part of European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023
- DOI for Synthesis of Substituted Indazole Acetic Acids by N-N Bond Forming Reactions
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Part of Diagnostics, 2023
- DOI for The GRPR Antagonist [99mTc]Tc-maSSS-PEG2-RM26 towards Phase I Clinical Trial: Kit Preparation, Characterization and Toxicity
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Thioacetalation and Multi-Component Thiomethylative Friedel-Crafts Arylation Using BF3SMe2
Part of ACS Omega, p. 4320-4330, 2023
- DOI for Thioacetalation and Multi-Component Thiomethylative Friedel-Crafts Arylation Using BF3SMe2
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Part of Journal of Nuclear Medicine, p. 302-309, 2022
- DOI for 11C-PiB and 124I-antibody PET provide differing estimates of brain amyloid-β after therapeutic intervention
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2-Alkyl substituted benzimidazoles as a new class of selective AT2 receptor ligands
Part of Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2022
- DOI for 2-Alkyl substituted benzimidazoles as a new class of selective AT2 receptor ligands
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Part of Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, p. 7117-7128, 2022
Angiotensin II AT2 receptor ligands with phenylthiazole scaffolds
Part of Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2022
- DOI for Angiotensin II AT2 receptor ligands with phenylthiazole scaffolds
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Chronic cerebral blood flow alterations in traumatic brain injury and sports-related concussions
Part of Brain Injury, p. 948-960, 2022
- DOI for Chronic cerebral blood flow alterations in traumatic brain injury and sports-related concussions
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Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Linker-Optimised PSMA-Targeting Radioligands
Part of Pharmaceutics, 2022
- DOI for Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Linker-Optimised PSMA-Targeting Radioligands
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Part of Pharmaceuticals, 2022
- DOI for E-Cigarette Aerosol Deposition and Disposition of [C-11]Nicotine Using Positron Emission Tomography: A Comparison of Nicotine Uptake in Lungs and Brain Using Two Different Nicotine Formulations
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Part of Molecular Pharmaceutics, p. 4111-4122, 2022
- DOI for Functionalization of Radiolabeled Antibodies to Enhance Peripheral Clearance for High Contrast Brain Imaging
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Glucagonlike Peptide-1 Receptor Imaging in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes
Part of Journal of Nuclear Medicine, p. 794-800, 2022
P-119 - Efficient cartridge-based synthesis of a novel [18F]tetrazine for large molecule labelling
Part of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 2022
Part of Journal of Organic Chemistry, p. 5118-5126, 2022
- DOI for Palladium-Mediated Synthesis of [Carbonyl-11C]acyl Amidines from Aryl Iodides and Aryl Bromides and Their One-Pot Cyclization to 11C-Labeled Oxadiazoles
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PET Imaging in Preclinical Anti-Aβ Drug Development
Part of Pharmaceutical research, p. 1481-1496, 2022
- DOI for PET Imaging in Preclinical Anti-Aβ Drug Development
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Part of BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2022
- DOI for Pharmacodynamic evaluation and safety assessment of treatment with antibodies to serum amyloid P component in patients with cardiac amyloidosis: an open-label Phase 2 study and an adjunctive immuno-PET imaging study
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Part of NATURE CANCER, p. 156, 2022
- DOI for Pharmacological targeting of MTHFD2 suppresses acute myeloid leukemia by inducing thymidine depletion and replication stress
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Preclinical evaluation of [C-11]GW457427 as a tracer for neutrophil elastase
Part of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, p. 62-71, 2022
- DOI for Preclinical evaluation of [C-11]GW457427 as a tracer for neutrophil elastase
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Prodrugs of the Archetypal Dynamin Inhibitor Bis-T-22
Part of ChemMedChem, 2022
- DOI for Prodrugs of the Archetypal Dynamin Inhibitor Bis-T-22
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Part of Pharmaceutics, 2022
- DOI for Reduction of alpha SYN Pathology in a Mouse Model of PD Using a Brain-Penetrating Bispecific Antibody
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Part of ACS Chemical Biology, p. 147-158, 2022
- DOI for Region-Specific and Age-Dependent Multitarget Effects of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor Tacrine on Comprehensive Neurotransmitter Systems
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Part of Translational Psychiatry, 2022
- DOI for Serotonin and dopamine transporter availability in social anxiety disorder after combined treatment with escitalopram and cognitive-behavioral therapy
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Part of ACS - Infectious Diseases, p. 482-498, 2022
- DOI for Synthesis and in vitro biological evaluation of quinolinyl pyrimidines targeting type II NADH-dehydrogenase (NDH-2)
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Part of Natural Product Research, p. 967-973, 2022
- DOI for Tetramic acid based alkaloids from Aspergillus amoenus Roberg strain UP197-antibiotic properties and new pyranterreones
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The Angiotensin AT2 Receptor: From a Binding Site to a Novel Therapeutic Target
Part of Pharmacological Reviews, p. 1051-1135, 2022
18F-Radiolabeling and Preliminary Evaluation of a HSP90 ligand
Part of European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021
A Chemical Approach Toward the Therapeutic Optimization of Cytotoxic Bioconjugates
2021
Part of Journal of labelled compounds & radiopharmaceuticals, p. 447-455, 2021
- DOI for A comparative study on Suzuki‐type 11 C‐methylation of aromatic organoboranes performed in two reaction media
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Part of Chemical Communications, p. 8476-8479, 2021
- DOI for Base-catalysed F-18-labelling of trifluoromethyl ketones. Application to the synthesis of F-18-labelled neutrophil elastase inhibitors
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Part of Diabetes, p. 842-853, 2021