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In syntheses using short-lived radionuclides, such as11C, the reaction conditions are usually such that the concentrations of the reactants, except for the labelled reactant, can be considered constant during the reaction. Two kinetic models have been investigated-irreversible and reversible bimolecular elementary reactions. The influence of the rate constants, of the equilibrium constants, and of the ratio between the starting reactants on the yield of the labelled product has been studied. The results show that, even in cases with unfavourable equilibrium constants, high yields of the labelled products can be obtained if the rate constant for the forward reaction is large. In addition, the specific activity of the labelled product as a function of time has been studied for the irreversible bimolecular case.
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Långström, B., Obenius, U., Sjöberg, S. et al. Kinetic aspects of the syntheses using short-lived radionuclides. J. Radioanal. Chem. 64, 273–280 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02518358
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02518358