Abstrak: Desain Plackett-Burman digunakan untuk menyeleksi variabel yang memiliki pengaruh utama dalam produksi Gadolinium Dietilentriaminpentaasetat-Folat (Gd-DTPA-Folat) sebagai senyawa pengontras Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Tujuh variabel seperti rasio mol Gadolinium (Gd) dan ligan Dietilentriaminpentaasetat-Folat (DTPA-Folat), suhu, laju pengadukan, pH, waktu reaksi dan volume pelarut diseleksi dalam proses produksi. Faktor dummy yang tidak memiliki pengaruh secara kimia ditambahkan juga dalam eksperimen. Dari ketujuh variabel, rasio mol Gd dan DTPA-Folat, laju pengadukan dan volume pelarut memiliki pengaruh yang positif terhadap persentase hasil rendemen Gd-DTPA-Folat. Tahapan selanjutnya adalah mengetahui interaksi antara faktor-faktor yang berpengaruh positif dalam eksperimen dan menghasilkan respon optimum untuk keseluruhan variabel menggunakan Response Surface Methodology Box-Behnken. Pendekatan statistik dalam studi untuk eksperimen desain menggunakan Software Design Expert 9.0.6.2. Kesimpulan dalam hasil penelitian adalah bahwa kondisi reaksi optimum dalam produksi Gd-DTPA-Folat, yaitu rasio mol Gd dan DTPA-Folat 10:1, laju pengadukan 500 RPM dan volume pelarut sebanyak 20 mL (untuk 2,5 x 10 -4 mmol ligan). Prediksi hasil rendemen Gd-DTPA-Folat pada kondisi optimum adalah 87,3296%.
Abstract: Plackett-Burman design was used to efficiently select variabel which have a main effect in production of Gadolinium Diethylenetriaminepentaacetate-Folate (Gd-DTPA-Folate) as a novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contrast agents. Seven variabels which are mole ratio of Gadolinium (Gd) toDiethylenetriaminepentaacetate-Folate (DTPA-Folate) ligand, temperature, stirring rate, pH, reaction time, and volume of solvent were screened in the whole process. Dummy factors which have no chemical meaning at all was added to the experiments. Out of the seven variables, mole ratio of Gd to DTPA-Folate, stirring rate and volume of solvent were found to affected positively to the yiled percentage of Gd-DTPA-Folate. The next step was investigated the interaction between factors which affected positively in the experiments and to obtain optimum responses for these whole process variables using Response Surface Methodology Box-Behnken. The statistical approach in this study for design experiments were using Software Design Expert 9.0.6.2. From the result, we concluded that the optimum reaction condition in production Gd-DTPA-Folate was using 10:1 as a mole ratio of Gd and DTPA-Folate, 500 RPM as a stirring rate and volume of solvent is 20 mL (for 2,5x10 -4 mmol ligand). The predicted yield of Gd-DTPA-Folate using the optimum condition was 87,3296%.