Bifunctional alkylating agents, such as those based on nitrogen mustard, form important parts of many anti-cancer chemotherapy protocols and are responsible for increased incidences of secondary tumors in successfully treated patients. These drugs generally form a majority of monofunctional DNA adducts, although the bifunctional adducts appear to be necessary for their powerful cytotoxic and antitumor effects. The relative importance of bifunctional as opposed to monofunctional adducts in the varied biological consequences of drug exposure has not been studied in detail, particularly in relation to the role and specificity of biochemical responses to therapy-related DNA damage. A simple method is described for the preparation of useful quantities of a pure monofunctional derivative of the nitrogen mustard-based drug melphalan. Monohydroxymelphalan was prepared by partial hydrolysis, purified by reversed phase chromatography, and characterized by MS, NMR, and HPLC. Contamination with melphalan was

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