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Investigations on the stability of bendamustin, a cytostatic agent of the nitrogen mustard type, I. Synthesis, isolation, and characterization of reference substances

Untersuchungen zur Stabilität von Bendamustin, einem Cytostatikum vom N-Lost-Typ, 1. Mitt.: Synthese, Isolierung und Charakterisierung von Vergleichssubstanzen

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The following compounds were chosen as reference substances for HPLC investigations on 4-(6-bis(2-chloro-ethyl)amino-3-methylbenzimidazoyl(2))butyric acid (bendamustin), an antineoplastic agent of the N-lost type (synthesized or isolated from crude bendamustin): 4-(6-((2-chloroethyl)(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)-3-methylbenzimidazoyl(2))butyric acid (HP1), 4-(6-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino-3-methylbenzimidazoyl(2))butyric acid (HP2), ethyl-4-(6-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino-3-methylbenzimidazoyl(2))butyrate (dihydroxyester), and ethyl-4-(6-bis(2-chloroethyl)amino-3-methylbenzimidazoyl(2))butyrate (dichloroester). Furthermore, the so far unidentified side product 4-(7,8-dihydro-6-(2-chloroethylamino)-3-methyl-1,4-thiazino[3,2-g]benzimidazoyl(2))-butyric acid (NP1), formed in the last step of the synthesis, was isolated and identified.

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Die folgenden Verbindungen wurden als Vergleichssubstanzen für HPLC-analytische Untersuchungen von 4-(6-Bis(2-chlorethyl)amino-3-methylbenzimidazoyl(2))buttersäure (Bendamustin), einem Antitumormittel des N-lost-Typs, synthetisiert oder aus Bendamustin-Rohstoff vor der Endreinigung isoliert: (4-(6-((2-Chlorethyl)(2-hydroxyethyl)amino)-3-methylbenzimidazoyl(2))buttersäure (HP1), 4-(6-Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino-3-methylbenzimidazoyl(2))buttersäure (HP2), 4-(6-Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino-3-methylbenzimidazoyl(2))buttersäureethylester (Dichlorester). Weiterhin konnte das bislang unbekannte Nebenprodukt 4-(7,8-Dihydro-6-(2-chlorethylamino)-3-methyl-1,4-thiazino[3,2-g]benzimidazoyl(2))buttersäure (NP1), welches sich im letzten Schritt der Synthese bildet, isoliert und identifiziert werden.

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Gust, R., Krauser, R. Investigations on the stability of bendamustin, a cytostatic agent of the nitrogen mustard type, I. Synthesis, isolation, and characterization of reference substances. Monatsh Chem 128, 291–299 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00807895

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