Preparation of paraherquamide labeled with deuterium or tritium

Abstract
Deprotonation of paraherquamide (1a) at C‐24 and subsequent deuteration (or tritiation) is described. The procedure afforded 24‐2H‐paraherquamide (1b) with 66% deuterium incorporation at C‐24. Modification of the deuteration procedure to allow the introduction of tritium resulted in the preparation of 24‐3H‐paraherquamide (1c) with specific activity 3.7 Ci/mmol.