| abstract |
Disclosed herein are histone deacetylase imaging agents for positron emission tomography and related imaging methods using the histone deacetylase imaging agents. The histone deacetylase imaging agents may be a compound of formula (I): wherein R 1 is a moiety including a positron emitter; R 2 represents hydrogen, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; and n is an integer selected from 0 or 1. In one version of the compound of formula (I), R 1 is a moiety including an adamantyl group. |