AN EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF 2-SELENOURIDINE AND ITS PHOSPHORAMIDITE PRECURSOR
AN EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF 2-SELENOURIDINE AND ITS PHOSPHORAMIDITE PRECURSOR
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DOI:
10.3987/com-15-13349
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发表时间:
2016-01-01
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0.6
通讯作者:
Koketsu, Mamoru
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作者:
Kogami, Masakazu;Davis, Darrell R.;Koketsu, Mamoru
We describe an efficient and scalable synthetic route to the natural occurring 2-selenouridine ((SeU)-U-2) and its suitably protected derivative for phosphoramidite synthesis. From known fully TBDMS-protected thiouridine, the corresponding selenouridine was synthesized via the reaction of methylthiouridine with NaHSe, which was then completely deprotected without affecting the selenocarbonyl moiety to deliver (SeU)-U-2. Next, (SeU)-U-2 was converted into the 2'-O-TBDMS-5'-O-DMT derivative in 81% yield over four steps including di-tert-butylsilylene (DTBS) introduction at O3' and O5', O2'-silylation, selective cleavage of DTBS, and DMT introduction. This synthetic route enabled gram-scale preparation of both (SeU)-U-2 and its phosphoramidite precursor in excellent yields. Furthermore, the predicted C3'-endo conformational preference of (SeU)-U-2 was experimentally confirmed by NMR spectroscopy.