2'-Amino-2'-deoxyuridine via an intramolecular cyclization of a trichloroacetimidtate
2'-Amino-2'-deoxyuridine via an intramolecular cyclization of a trichloroacetimidtate
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DOI:
10.1021/jo9510548
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发表时间:
1996-01-26
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Zhai, YS
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作者:
McGee, DPC;VaughnSettle, A;Zhai, YS
It has been demonstrated that incorporation of 2′-amino-2′-deoxypyrimidines1 into oligoribonucleotides (RNA) results in increased stability against chemical and nuclease degradation. We are interested in evaluating random pools of stabilized RNA utilizing an enrichment strategy called SELEX2 against a number of therapeutic and diagnostic targets and were thus interested in preparing 2′-amino-2′-deoxyuridine (9a). 2′-Aminouridine 9a was first prepared3 in 1971 by lithium azide opening of 2, 2′-O-anhydrouridine 1 in approximately 50% yield followed by catalytic reduction to the amine. To this day all subsequent preparations of 9a have followed this first report with minor variations, 4 eg, substitution of NH4Cl/NaN3 for LiN3. Although the LiN3 procedure is satisfactory, the cost and intermitant availability of LiN3 as well as the toxicity, instability, and disposal of azide prompted us to seek an alternative process.Our initial approach (Scheme 1) was to make use of the 3′-hydroxyl of anhydrouridine 1 to deliver intramolecularly an appropriate amine nucleophile and thus overcome the tendency of amines to attack at the 2-position of the pyrimidine. 5 The opening of a 2, 2′-O-anhydro nucleoside by a 3′-O-benzoate has been described whereby 3′, 5′-di-O-benzoyl-2, 2′-O-anhydro-L-uridine upon treatment with boron trifluoride etherate afforded a mixture of 3′, 5′-and 2′, 5′-dibenzoates of L-uridine in 80% yield. 6 Circumstantial reports of this type of intramolecular transformation have been implicated where a 3′-phosphate7 and a 3′-N-phenylcarbamate8 have opened the 2, 2′-anhydrouridine linkage. The use of trichloroacetonitrile for this purpose is not readily evident from the chemical literature. Trichloroacetonitrile reacts readily with hydroxyls under base catalysis to afford the corresponding imidate which has been used for the activation of the anomeric position of sugars. 9 Additionally some isolated examples of trichloroacetonitrile use include