Carbon 11

Carbon-11 (¹¹C) is a radioactive isotope of carbon with a physical half-life of about 20.4 minutes. It decays mainly by positron emission into boron-11, making it a valuable and widely used radionuclide for labeling organic molecules in medical imaging. It is grouped under the following drug class(es): Radiopharmaceuticals. Other names for this substance include Carbon-11 isotope and C-11 radioisotope. Its PubChem CID is 91867649.

CAS No 14333-33-6
Molecular Formula C
Molecular Weight 11.0114326 g/mol
Synonyms carbane

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