Cyclic oxonium derivatives of polyhedral boron hydrides are a relatively new class of boron compounds. They have great potential for the modification of various types of organic and bioorganic molecules and the synthesis of compounds that could be used in different fields from the treatment of nuclear wastes to the treatment of cancer. In the present Perspective we would like to present an overview of the results of the preparation and synthetic application of these compounds.
As eries of boron-containing lipids werep repared by reactions of cyclic oxonium derivatives of polyhedron boranesa nd metallacarboranes (closo-dodecaborate anion, cobalt and iron bis(dicarbollides)) with amine and carboxylic acids which are derived from cholesterol. Stable liposomal formulations,o nt he basis of synthesized boron-containing lipids, hydrogenated soybean l-a-phosphatidylcholinea nd (HSPC) 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[methoxy(polyethylene glycol)-2000] (DSPE-PEG) as excipients,w ere prepared and then characterizedb yd ynamic light scattering(DLS) that revealed the formation of particles to be smaller than 200 nm in diameter.T he resulting liposomal formulationss howed moderate to excellent loading and entrapmente fficiency, thus justifying the design of the compounds to fit in the lipid bilayer and ensuringease of in vivo use for futurea pplication. The liposomalf ormulations based on cobalt and iron bis(dicarbollide)-based lipids were found to be nontoxic against both human breast normale pithelial cells MCF-10A and human breast cancer cells MCF-7.
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