title: A serendipitous phosphonocarboxylate complex of boron: when vessel becomes reagent.
abstract: Under certain conditions, the phosphonocarboxylate analogue (3) of the bisphosphonate drug minodronate (4) in contact with borosilicate glassware reversibly forms an isolable dimer complex of boron, as revealed by the X-ray crystallographic structure of the (R,R/S,S) complex and supported by NMR and HRMS data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0744, USA.
authors.forename: Katarzyna M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Błażewska
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haiges
authors.forename: Boris A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kashemirov
authors.forename: Frank H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Ebetino
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: McKenna
mesh_terms: D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D001895:Boron / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D019281:Dimerization; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000737:chemistry; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates; D007093:Imidazoles; D017640:Silicates; C087958:YM 529; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; C075607:Rab geranylgeranyltransferase; D001895:Boron