The (2-methoxyphenyl) piperazine (MPP) was selected as the functional group and conjugated to dithiocarbamate through different spacers. A series of new MPP derivatives (MPPnDTC, n = 2-6) were synthesized and radiolabelled with 99m Tc-nitrido core or 99m Tc-tricarboxyl core as potential 5-HT 1A receptor imaging agents. All the six 99m Tc-labelled complexes were lipophilic and neutral. Biodistribution results showed that those radiotracers had moderate initial brain and hippocampus uptake. There have no significant relation was observed between the biological properties of these tracers with the length of its carbon chain. The radioactivity concentrations of hippocampus of 99m TcN-MPP2DTC, 99m TcN-MPP3DTC, 99m TcN-MPP4DTC, 99m TcN-MPP5DTC, 99m TcN-MPP6DTC and 99m Tc(CO) 3 -MPP3DTC at 2 min post-injection time (p.i.) were 0.43, 1.15, 0.99, 1.04, 1.13 and 0.83 %ID/g, respectively.MPP, 99m Tc-nitrido core, 99m Tc-tricarboxyl core, 5-HT 1A receptor