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This nuclide can, due to multiple decay modes, serve also as a therapeutic agent. As the complexation reaction of porphyrins suffers from relatively poor kinetics, the aim of this study was to optimize the reaction of copper ions with various water-soluble porphyrins in terms of time and chemical conditions, that would meet pharmaceutical requirements and to develop a method that can be applied for various water-soluble porphyrins. In the first method, reactions were conducted in a presence of a reducing agent (ascorbic acid). Optimal conditions, in which the reaction time was 1 min, comprised borate buffer at pH 9 with a 10-fold excess of ascorbic acid over Cu2+. The second approach involved a microwave-assisted synthesis at 140 \u00b0C for 1\u20132 min. The proposed method with ascorbic acid was applied for radiolabeling of porphyrin with 64Cu. 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