Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
2002, 67, 836-842
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20020836
Synthesis of 1-Amino-3-{2-[7-(6-deoxy-α/β-D-galactopyranos-6-yl)-1,7-dicarba-closo-dodecaboran(12)-1-yl]ethyl}cyclobutanecarboxylic Acid Hydrochloride
George W. Kabalka*, Bhaskar C. Das, Sasmita Das, Guishing Li, Rajiv Srivastava, Nisha Natarajan and Muhammad K. Khan
Departments of Chemistry and Radiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1600, U.S.A.
Abstract
1-Amino-3-{2-[7-(6-deoxy-α/β-D-galactopyranos-6-yl)-1,7-dicarba-closo-dodecaboran(12)-1-yl]ethyl}cyclobutanecarboxylic acid was synthesized as a potential new agent for boron neutron capture therapy. The key step in the synthesis is the alkylation of 3-{2-[1,7-dicarba-closo-dodecaboran(12)-1-yl]ethyl}cyclobutanone ethylene monothioketal with 1,2:3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-6-O-triflyl-α-D-galactopyranose which gave the precursor ketone that was then converted to the title amino acid via a Bücherer-Strecker synthesis followed by removal of isopropylidene groups in HCl. Preliminary toxicity data in A 435 cancer cells were obtained.
Keywords: Boron neutron capture therapy; Amino acids; Carbohydrates; Carboranes; BNCT.
References: 28 live references.
