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Mercaptoundecahydrododecaborate (BSH) is an important agent in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) of various cancers. A simple and rapid analytical method for the measurement of mercaptoundecahydrododecaborate in aqueous solution and in urine by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy has been developed. A thin-pathlength sampling apparatus was used to minimize the strong absorption of water. The subtraction of water absorbance from sample spectra resolved a B-H band at 2493 cm−1. The quantitative measurement of BSH concentration was carried out by integrating the B-H band above baseline in the range of 2534-2440 cm−1. The lower limit of measuring the concentration of sodium BSH (Na2B12H11SH) in our experiment was 10 µg/ml (about 5 ppm of boron). This method measures the hydroborate (B-H) concentration instead of total boron and, thus, may be utilized to measure the BSH concentration in in vivo samples for metabolic studies.
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Lu, D.R., Munro, C. Quantitative Analysis of Mercaptoundecahydrododecaborate by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Pharm Res 9, 1199–1202 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015864108289
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015864108289