Title
Synthesis of a porphyrin-labelled carboranyl phosphate diester: A potential new drug for boron neutron capture therapy of cancer
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2002
Abstract
A boron-rich, water-soluble porphyrin conjugate was synthesized by coupling of two carboranyl alcohols with 2-chlorophenoxyphosphorus dichloride, followed by conjugation to an amine-functionalized tetraphenyl-porphyrin via an amide linkage.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Chemical Communications
First Page
1784
Last Page
1785
Recommended Citation
Maderna, A., Huertas, R., Hawthorne, M., Luguya, R., & Vicente, M. (2002). Synthesis of a porphyrin-labelled carboranyl phosphate diester: A potential new drug for boron neutron capture therapy of cancer. Chemical Communications, 16, 1784-1785. https://doi.org/10.1039/b203730k