Potassium {4-[(3S,6S,9S)-3,6-dibenzyl-9-isopropyl-4,7,10-trioxo-11–oxa-2,5,8-triazadodecyl]phenyl}trifluoroborate

Abstract

[5,6], and oxazaborolidines [7,8] are frequently used boron functional groups. Having an empty p-orbital on the trivalent boron atom, these analogs interact with their targets to form tetrahedral intermediates. Organotrifluoroborates, on the other hand, are seldom considered in biological applications due to their lack of an empty p-orbital. Srebnik and coworkers, the first group to investigate the biological activity of a series of aryl organotrifluoroborates in enzyme-inhibition assays, reported that aryl potassium trifluoroborates were much more potent than the corresponding boronic acids against α-chymotrypsin and trypsin [9,10]. The toxicological profile of organotrifluoroborates were also investigated by Oliveira and co-workers, who showed that thiophene-3-trifluoroborate exhibits minimal toxicity in a mouse model, and concluded that this class of compounds is suitable for further development as pharmacologically active agents [11]. Despite their promising biological studies, the reported studies of organotrifluoroborates OPEN ACCESS