| abstract |
Compounds useful for the early diagnosis of malignant tumors, multiple sclerosis, and especially Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias; especially compounds of Formula (I) wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, cyano, fluoro, iodo, alkyl, and aryl; R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aryl; X is selected from the group consisting of CH 2 , CH 2 O, oxygen, OCH 2 , CH 2 S, SCH 2 , NH, N-alkyl, and N-aryl; Y is an optional spacer group, absent or selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, NH, N-alkyl, and N-aryl; and Z is selected from the group consisting of alkyl substituted with cyano, fluoro, or iodo and aryl substituted with cyano, fluoro, or iodo. In a preferred embodiment, R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen, X is CH 2 O, Y is absent, and Z is phenyl substituted with fluoro, cyano, or iodo. In some embodiments, Z is more specifically 18 F-phenyl or 123 I-phenyl or 131 I-phenyl. Other compounds are also provided. |