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Labelled compounds of interest as antitumour agents. Part 4 1 . Deuteration and tritiation of a nitroimidazole‐carborane designed for BNCT
Author(s) -
Scobie Martin,
Bew Sean P.,
Threadgill Michael D.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of labelled compounds and radiopharmaceuticals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.432
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1099-1344
pISSN - 0362-4803
DOI - 10.1002/jlcr.2580340909
Subject(s) - chemistry , carborane , radiochemistry , nitroimidazole , deuterium , boron , isotopomers , quenching (fluorescence) , neutron capture , medicinal chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , physics , quantum mechanics , fluorescence
Quenching the anion generated from a 2‐(ω‐carboranylalkyl)dithiane with 2 H 2 O at −78°C and at 0°C introduced deuterium exclusively at C‐2 of the carborane. Extension of this model reaction to a bioreductively‐targetted carborane allowed the synthesis of 2‐[ 2 H]‐ and 2‐[ 3 H]‐isotopomers of a nitroimidazole‐carborane which is of interest in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) of cancer.