Oxidation nucleosides

Adam W, Arnold MA, Nau WM, Pischel U, Saha-Moller CR, Saha-Moller CR (2002a) A comparative photomechanistic study (spin trapping, EPR spectroscopy, transient kinetics, photoproducts) of nucleoside oxidation (dG and 8-oxo-dG) by triplet-excited acetophenones and by the radicals generated from a-oxy-substituted derivatives through Norrish-type I cleavage. J Am Chem Soc 124 3893-3904... 

Table 3. Nucleoside oxidation and reduction potentials in aprotic solvents and water. ...

Scheme 14.16. A representation of the coupling of a protected, silica-attached (at the 3 -hydroxyl) deoxythymidine nucleoside to a second S -dimethoxytritylthymidine protected nucleoside. Oxidation of the trivalent phosphorus is effected by iodine (I2) (after Caruthers, M. H. Acc. Chem. Res., 1991,24,278).

We shall describe a specific synthetic example for each protective group given above. Regiosdective proteaion is generally only possible if there are hydroxyl groups of different sterical hindrance (prim < sec < tert equatorial < axial). Acetylation has usually been effected with acetic anhydride. The acetylation of less reactive hydroxyl groups is catalyzed by DMAP (see p.l44f.). Acetates are stable toward oxidation with chromium trioxide in pyridine and have been used, for example, for protection of steroids (H.J.E. Loewenthal, 1959), carbohydrates (M.L. Wolfrom, 1963 J.M. Williams, 1967), and nucleosides (A.M. Micbelson, 1963). The most common deacetylation procedures are ammonolysis with NH in CH OH and methanolysis with KjCO, or sodium methoxide. 

The authors prepared a number of substituted 2-diazomethylene derivatives of picolyl oxide to use for monopiotection of the cis glycol system in nucleosides. The 3-methyl derivative proved most satisfactoiy. ... 

Derivatives of 3-oxo-l,2,4-triazine 1-oxide undergo alkylation with various alkylating agents. Thus the reaction of 3-methoxy-l,2,4-triazine 1-oxide 20 with 2,3,5-tii-(9-benzoyl-/3-D-ribofuranosyl bromide, followed by the removal of the benzoyl protection with sodium methoxide, leads to an abnormal nucleoside 4-(/3-D-iibofuranosyl)-l,2,4-triazin-3(4//)-one 1-oxide 21 (73JOC3277). 

The reaction of the sodium salts of pyrido[2,3-e]-l,2,4-triazin-3(4//)-one 1-oxide 22 (Y = N) or l,2,4-benzotriazin-3(4//)-one 1-oxide 23 with acetobro-moglucose results in tetra-(9-acetyl derivatives of /3-D-glucopyranosides 24, 25 deacetylation of 25 gives nucleosides 26 (82JHC497). 

Nucleoside N -oxides have proved useful in preventing intramolecular cyclizations during manipulation of the sugar moiety. A key step is the reductive removal of the oxide when needed. In the presence of Raney nickel, the oxide can be reduced selectively even when such easily reduced substituents as iodo are present. Azides, however, are reduced concomitantly with the oxide 105). 

This approach offers unique opportunities for the generation of multi-functionalized cyclic 2-azadiene systems. A wide variation of the substitution pattern at the positions N-1 and C-6 can be determined by an appropriate choice of the aldehyde and amine. Various substituents can easily be introduced at the C-3 position via addition/elimination reactions on the sensitive imidoyl chloride moiety [24]. Upon reaction with bi-functional reagent, an adequately AT-protected 2(lH)-pyrazinone was elaborated into C-nucleoside analogues (Scheme 8). The desired skeleton and functionalities were obtained by oxidation-cyclization reaction followed by photochemical removal of the protective o-nitrobenzyl group [25]. 

This method was applied to the determination of these oxidized nucleosides in salmon testes using [ Cio, N5]-8-hydroxy-2 -deoxyguanosine (L-8-OH-dG) as the internal standard (Figure 5.65). Four of the oxidized products were below the limits of detection of the method, while the concentration of 8-OH-dG was determined to be 0.93 ppb. 

Polar functional groups such as alcohols or phenols 11 or trimethylsilanol 4 are transformed by monofunctional silylating reagents Me3SiX 12 into their hpophilic and often volatile trimethylsilyl ethers 13 whereas water is converted into persilyl-ated water (=Me3SiOSiMe3, hexamethyldisiloxane, HMDSO, 7, b.p. 100 °C). The persilylation of phenols and, in particular, catechol (or hydroquinone) systems (Scheme 2.1) protects them efficiently against air oxidation even at temperatures of up to 180 °C. (cf, e.g., the silylation-amination of purine nucleosides with dopamine hydrochloride in Section 4.2.4)... 

Because synthesis of l-(2-deoxy-2-fluoro-)S-D-arabinofuranosyl)cytosine (744, FAC), an elementary arabino type of nucleoside having a growth-inhibitory effect against L 1210 leukemia in mice, through direct introduction of a fluorine atom in the 2 - up (arabino) position was difficult, compound 744 was prepared by condensation of trimethylsilylated A -acetylcytosine with 3-0-acetyl-5-(7-benzoyl-2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-arabin-ofuranosyl bromide (742), which had been prepared by periodate oxidation of 6-0-benzoyl-3-deoxy-3-fluoro-D-glucofuranose (741). Similar condensa-... 

Silver ions will oxidatively desulphurize nucleoside and other phos-phorothioates to generate a phosphorylating agent. This reaction has been utilized for the preparation of nucleotide coenzymes and has the advantage that it can be carried out on a large scale without the formation of contaminating symmetrical pyrophosphates. 

Polarographic studies are reported on thioesters, mainly of the type (140) and (141), and on trichloroethylphosphonites. In the field of nucleotides and nucleosides it is found that ATP has a very high surface activity at the mercury electrode, which is strongly dependent upon complex formation with transition metals. The polarographic behaviour of cobalt complexes with triphenylphosphine and its oxide has been studied in order to estimate extraction efficiencies. 

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