Nucleosides formation

Subsequently it was thought that nucleoside formation prior to ring closure would be a viable alternative (11). Towards this end, nucleoside formation from 1 gave which was further transformed into 21, although no details were given. 

Not surprisingly, one of the most common reactions of pyrrolo[2,3- ]pyrimidines is nucleoside formation. Typical of the process is the reaction of 5 with the fluorine-containing carbohydrate moiety 6 to produce the nucleoside 7 (Scheme 1) <1995JME3957>. Numerous other reports are described in the literature but the number is too large to be cited here. 

Hawkins CL, Davies MJ (2001) Hypochlorite-Induced Damage to Nucleosides Formation of Chloramines and Nitrogen-Centered Radicals. Chem Res Toxicol 14 1071... 

As with other nitrogen-containing heterocycles, TV-alkylation is a reaction of some interest. This is particularly true when the products are nucleosides. One interesting example of nucleoside formation arises from reaction of a suitable furo[3,4-J]pyrimidine (41) and l-O-acetyl-2,3,5-tribe nzoyl-/ -D-ribose the product formed seems to be solvent dependent. The N-l substituted nucleoside (42 R = tribenzoylribose) is formed in 81 % yield when the heterocycle and the protected sugar are treated with tin(IV) chloride in acetonitrile. However, use of 1,2-dichloroethane as solvent affords only 17% of this product together with 81% of the N-l,N-3 disubstituted product (Equation (10)) <83CPB3074>. 

These reactions are reversible, but the equilibrium is 85-90% in favor of nucleoside formation. ... 

Bam HI cleaves a six-bp palindromic sequence at the phosphodiester bonds between two guanosine nucleosides. Formation of an intrastrand crosslink between the two adjacent guanosine nucleosides inhibits digestion by the enzyme. Another method, termed exonuclease mapping, involves digestion of the... 

The RNA world scenario has been developed to a greater extent than most of the other approaches to the origin of the first life. This does not mean it is correct but rather that the positive and negative aspects of this scenario are more clearly defined. Problems with this approach start with the absence of a plausible prebiotic synthesis of nucleosides from the RNA bases and ribose. After the nucleoside formation issues are solved, there is no obvious route to the activated monomers that are required for the formation of oligomers. Since the activated monomers undergo relatively rapid hydrolysis in aqueous solution, their rates of synthesis would have had to be faster than their rates of hydrolysis. Other unaddressed problems include formation of RNAs that catalyze the replication of other RNAs, and the catalysis of the ligation of these same RNA oligomers. 

The acetylenic nucleosides 130 (B=normal bases, 5-F-Ura, 5-F-Cyt) have been prepared by stereoselective addition of lithium Tms-acetylide to 129, followed by nucleoside formation. The Ura and Cyt compounds had particular antitumour activity. The allofuranosyl analogue 131 of TSAO-T has been prepared, " and 3 -ketonucleosides were treated with JV-methylhydroxylamine, followed by reaction of the nitrones with lithioethyl acetate, to give the spirocyclic compounds 132, also related to TSAO-T. Some other compounds with branches at C-3, prepared in connection with making antisense oligonucleotides, are mentioned in Section 12. 

The acyl phosphate (I) hydrolyzes in Tris buffer at pH 7.7 at least 100-fold faster than does acetyl phosphate, as shown by the inability of (I) to inactivate adenylosuccinate-lyase after a 15-sec exposure to the buffer before addition of the enzyme. Compound (I) also lost its ability to inactivate AMP aminohydrolase after 15-sec hydrolysis at pH 6.5. After the solution of (I) in iV,A -dimethylformamide had been stored at —25° for 2 days, it showed UV spectral changes (upon dilution into aqueous solutions) indicative of A -acylaminopurine nucleoside formation. In the case of AMP aminohydrolase, this change is associated with a marked reduction in the degree of enzyme inactivation, and the use of freshly prepared solutions of (I) in studies of enzyme inactivation is therefore indicated. 

A route to 2 -deoxy-2, 2 -difluororibofuranosylpyrimidines is outlined in Scheme 7 the indicated product of the Reformats reaction predominated over its diastereomer by a factor of 3 1, but the nucleoside formation favoured... 

Little is known of the mechanism by which ribose is reduced. It has been suggested on the basis of chemical analogy (97) that the process could occur by displacement of the hydroxyl on C-2 of ribose to form the cyclonucleotide (IX). This could be followed bya reductive cleavage of theCj—O bond to form the deoxyribonucleotide. Cyclic nucleoside formation might be assisted by a preliminary phosphorylation of the 2 -hydroxyl group. H H... 

Figure 3. Proposed mechanism of pyrimidine nucleoside formation, a) Structures of the pyrimidine bases uracil, cytosine, and 2-pyrimidinone. Uracil and cytosine are protonated at N1 and therefore do not possess an in-plane lone pair of electrons, whereas 2-pyrimidinone does, b) The lone pair on 2-pyrimidinone nucleophilically attacks Cl of the oxonium sugar intermediate to form the glycosidic bond.

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