Four amidine NR2B-selective NMDA receptor antagonists, N- (2-methoxy benzyl) -3-phenyl-acrylamidine, N- [diduterio (2-methoxyphenyl) methyl] -3-phenyl-acrylamidine, N-benzyl-3-phenyl-acryl amidine and N- [diduterio (phenyl) methyl] -3-phenyl-acrylamidine, all four labeled with carbon-14 in the 1-position, have been synthesized as part of 5-step sequence from Ba14CO3.