Deferoxamine → 3,4-Diacetoxy-1-butene

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DACB was synthesized by covalently conjugating iodoacetyl-deferoxamine and N-cysteinyl-biotin by the following Scheme II. ##STR20## Solid deferoxamine mesylate was added to methanol for a concentration of 20 mM, followed by addition of NaOH to reach a final concentration of 20 mM NaOH. The solution was heated and maintained at 65°. Solid iodoacetic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (NHS-IA) was added to the deferoxamine solution to a final molarity of 50mM NHS-IA and incubated for at least one hour at 65°. The resulting iodoacetyl-deferoxamine (IA-DFO) was purified by HPLC with an EM LiChroCART reverse phase column using a linear gradient of 0-10 ml 100% Buffer A (0.025M phosphate, pH 6, 2 mM NTA) and 10-60 ml 0-100% Buffer B (0.025M phosphate, pH 6, 2 mM NTA, 75% methanol). IA-DFO, but not unconjugated DFO, has an absorbance at 260 nm and thus was purified by measuring the absorbance of the eluate and collecting the fraction with absorbance at 260 nm.

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