A method for synthesizing an
aluminium-
fluoride complex obtainable by reacting together: a salt made of
aluminium(III) and counterions of
aluminium(III) other than
chloride(I), and a
fluoride anion; or a chelate bearing molecule precomplexed with aluminium(III), obtained from treating the chelate bearing molecule with a salt made of aluminium(III) and counterions of aluminium(III) other than
chloride(I), and a
fluoride anion; the fluoride being [19F]fluoride or radioactive [18F]fluoride; wherein the counterions of aluminium(III) other than
chloride are selected from
bromide,
iodide,
nitrate,
phosphate,
sulfate, sulphonate,
hydroxide, any anionic salt of natural and non-natural amino acids, 2,4-pentanedionate, 8-hydroxyquinoline, acetate,
acrylate, ascorbate, aspartate, benzenesulfonate, benzoate, besylate, bitartrate, camphorsulfonate, citrate, decanoate, esylate, fumarate, gentisate, gluconate, glutamate, glutarate, glycinate dihydroxide, glycolate, hexanoate, hydroxynaphthoate, isethionate, lactate, lactobionate, malate, maleate,
malonate, mandelate,
mesylate, methylsulfate, methylsulfonate, mucate, napsylate, octanoate, oleate,
oxalate, pamoate, pantothenate,
phthalate, polygalacturonate,
propionate, salicylate,
stearate, succinate,
tartrate, teoclate, toluenesulfonate, trifluoroacetate,
trifluoromethanesulfonate, and any combination thereof.