The favorite nuclide used in positron emission tomography (PET scan) to follow glucose metabolism is fluorine-18, which decays by positron emission to oxygen-18 and has a half-life of 110 minutes. Fluorine-18 is administered in the form of fludeoxyglucose F-18; the product of this molecule's decay is glucose. HO HO, H H H H H > OH H ÓH OH НО H НО 18F 18ÓH Fludeoxyglucose F-18 A positron D-Glucose Draw the alternative chair conformations for fludeoxyglucose F-18 and select the more stable of the two.

The favorite nuclide used in positron emission tomography (PET scan) to follow glucose metabolism is fluorine-18, which decays by positron emission to oxygen-18 and has a half-life of 110 minutes. Fluorine-18 is administered in the form of fludeoxyglucose F-18; the product of this molecule's decay is glucose. HO HO, H H H H H > OH H ÓH OH НО H НО 18F 18ÓH Fludeoxyglucose F-18 A positron D-Glucose Draw the alternative chair conformations for fludeoxyglucose F-18 and select the more stable of the two.

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