4'-SUBSTITUTED NUCLEOSIDES .5. HYDROXYMETHYLATION OF NUCLEOSIDE 5'-ALDEHYDES
4'-SUBSTITUTED NUCLEOSIDES .5. HYDROXYMETHYLATION OF NUCLEOSIDE 5'-ALDEHYDES
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DOI:
10.1021/jo01322a025
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
MOFFATT, JG
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作者:
JONES, GH;TANIGUCHI, M;MOFFATT, JG
Crossed aldol condensations between variously substituted nucleoside 5''-aldehydes and formaldehyde in the presence of aqueous NaOH lead, following rate-limiting Cannizzaro reduction, to the corresponding 4''-hydroxymethyl nucleoside derivatives. The speed and overall efficiency of the above reactions are improved by incorporating a borohydride reduction of the initial aldol product rather than relying upon the normal Cannizzaro reduction. Such reactions conducted with 2'',3''-unsubstituted nucleoside 5''-aldehydes give mixtures of 4''-hydroxymethyl nucleosides epimeric at C3'' presumably via a reverse aldol cleavage followed by recyclization. The use of base stable 2'',3''-O protecting groups is recommended for these reactions. In the case of 2'',3''-O-isopropylidene derivatives of N6-benzoyladenosine and N4-benzoylcytidine 5''-aldehydes, some exchange of the acetonide by a methylene group is observed and a mechanism is proposed. For extension to the 2''-deoxynucleoside series, the corresponding hydroxymethylation of 3''-O-benzylthymidine 5''-aldehyde followed by catalytic hydrogenolysis leads to 4''-(hydroxymethyl)thymidine. Syntheses of a number of new, variously protected nucleoside 5''-aldehydes are described.