88685-78-3Relevant articles and documents
The Mechanism of Activation of 4-Hydroxycyclophosphamide
Borch, Richard F.,Millard, Jo Ann
, p. 427 - 431 (2007/10/02)
4-Hydroxycyclophosphamide (2/3) of unknown stereochemistry is the initial metabolite formed after administration of cyclophosphamide (1).Ultimate conversion to the cytotoxic metabolite phosphoramide mustard (6) is initiated by ring opennig of 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide to produce aldophosphamide (4).The ring-opennig reaction and subsequent equilibration of 2-4 are subject to general-acid catalysis, and the equilibrium composition is independent of buffer structure and pH.In contrast, formation of 6 from 4 proceeds by general-base-catalyzed β-elimination. trans-4-Hydroxycyclophosphamide undergoes ring opening ca. 4 times faster than the cis isomer, and cyclization of 4 favors the trans isomer by a factor of ca. 3 over the cis isomer.The rapid equilibration of 2-5 and the absence of elimination to give 6 at pH ca. 5 provides a convenient method to prepare a stable equilibrium mixture of activated cyclophosphamide metabolites suitable for in vitro use.
In situ preparation and fate of cis-4-hydroxycyclophosphamide and aldophosphamide: 1H and 31P NMR evidence for equilibration of cis- and trans-4-hydroxycyclophosphamide with aldophosphamide and its hydrate in aqueous solution
Borch,Hoye,Swanson
, p. 490 - 494 (2007/10/02)
cis-4-Hydroxycyclophosphamide (2) and aldophosphamide (4) were generated in aqueous phosphate or cacodylate buffer by dimethyl sulfide reduction of cis-4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide and by sodium periodate cleavage of 3,4-dihydroxybutyl N,N-bis(2-chloroethyl)phosphorodiamate, respectively; the reactions of 2 and 4 were examined by 1H and 31P NMR. Within 30-60 min (pH or pD 7.0, 25 °C) the same pseudoequilibrium mixture was established in both reactions, with cis- and trans-4-hydroxycyclophosphamide (2 and 3), aldophosphamide (4), and its hydrate (5) present in the approximate ratio of 4:2:0.3:1. Structures of the intermediates were assigned unambiguously based upon analysis of the chemical shifts and coupling constants in the proton spectra determined in D2O buffers, and the 31P assignments followed by correlation of component ratios at equilibrium. Free energy differences of 0.4, 0.4, and 0.7 kcal/mol at 25 °C were estimated between 2, 3, 5, and 4, respectively, with 2 being the most stable. The aldehyde 4 reacted most rapidly with water to give hydrate 5; cyclization of 4 to 3 occurred faster than to 2. Compound 5 is formed much faster than 3 from the diol cleavage, but 5 and 3 are produced at comparable rates from 2, suggesting that conversion of 2 to 3 can proceed by a mechanism other than ring opening. The rate of equilibration appears to be independent of buffer structure, indicating that bifunctional catalysis is not important in the ring-opening reaction. β-Elimination from 4 is rate limiting for the production of acrolein, and the rate for phosphate is 2- to 3-fold faster than for cacodylate under identical conditions. These results provide the first definitive evidence for the stability of the elusive aldehyde 4 in aqueous solution and for the existence of a preequilibrium among 2-5 prior to rate-limiting expulsion of phosphoramide mustard from 4.
