Carboxyboranylamino ethanol: unprecedented discovery of boron agents for neutron capture therapy in cancer treatment†‡
Abstract
Carboxyboranylamino ethanol (Me2N(BH2CO2H)CH2CH2OH, 1) was prepared in 75.0% yield by an amine-exchange reaction. Compound 1 shows lower cytotoxicity and higher anti-tumor efficacy in vitro towards the SCCVII cell line in comparison with 4-borono-L-phenylalanine (BPA) and methyl 2-hydroxyl-5-(1′-ortho-carbonylmethyl-1′,2′,3′-triazol-4′-yl)-benzonate (2). The bio-enhancement is interpreted using molecular docking calculations.
- This article is part of the themed collection: Boron Chemistry in the 21st Century: From Synthetic Curiosities to Functional Molecules