Synthesis and evaluation as MRI probe of the trifluoromethylated p-boronophenylalanine and its alcohol derivative

Bioorg Med Chem. 2007 Mar 1;15(5):2198-205. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2006.12.043. Epub 2007 Jan 10.

Abstract

Boron-neutron capture therapy (BNCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are quite attractive techniques for treatment and diagnosis of cancer, respectively. In order to develop practical tools for BNCT and MRI, novel compounds containing both the trifluoromethyl group and 10B atom in a single molecule were designed. In the present study, p-boronophenylalanine and p-boronophenylalaninol with the trifluoromethyl group were synthesized, and 19F NMR measurements of these compounds were carried out.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alcohols / chemistry*
  • Boron Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Boron Compounds / pharmacology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Probes*
  • Phenylalanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Phenylalanine / chemical synthesis
  • Phenylalanine / pharmacology
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization

Substances

  • Alcohols
  • Boron Compounds
  • Molecular Probes
  • Phenylalanine
  • 4-boronophenylalanine