2018-5-10 · Organometalloid compositions of silicon and boron permit rapid, high-yielding, one-step radiolabeling of a covalently linked protein ligand (biotin) under aqueous conditions to give the corresponding alkyltetrafluorosilicates and aryltrifluoroborate salts. Biotin was chosen as a test ligand for protein targeting because of its quantitative interaction with avidin, which in turn allowed us to ...