Uracil -, preparation

A more promising method is the cyclization of a prop-2-ynamino group in the 5-position. Thus, treatment of l,3-dimethyl-5-(prop-2-ynamino)uracil, prepared from 5-bromo-l,3-dimethyluracil and prop-2-ynamine, with palladium(II) acetate affords a 40% yield of 1,3-dimethylpyrido[3,2-t/]pyrimidine-2,4(l//,3//)-dione (6).212... 

Other potentially useful tracers for the study of cell proliferation are uracil (Chakraborty et al. 1997), the uracil analogue [ C]FMAU (Conti et al. 1995), 6-[methyl-"C]methyl-2 -deoxyuridine (Goethals et al. 1997), and [metliyl- C]P-pseudothymidine (Grierson et al. 1995). Another nucleoside analogue that was prepared by a ring-closure reaction is 1,3,6-trimethyl [2- C]uracil prepared from 1,3-dimethyl [2- C]urea (Castro-Ibarra et al. 1997). 

Fluorinated Heterocyclic Compounds. HeterocycHc compounds containing the CF group are prepared by methods similar to those used in the fluorination of aHphatic compounds. The direct action of fluorine on uracil yields the cancer chemotherapy agent, 5-fluorouracil [51-21-8] as one special example of a selective fluorination on a commercial scale (25). 

Reaction of / fZ-amyl alcohol with urea in the presence of sulfuric acid gives a monoalkylated urea (61,62). Monoalkyl ureas are used to prepare uracil derivatives which are useful as herbicides, fungicides, and plant growth regulators (61). 

Synthetic chemical approaches to the preparation of carbon-14 labeled materials iavolve a number of basic building blocks prepared from barium [ CJ-carbonate (2). These are carbon [ C]-dioxide [ CJ-acetjlene [U— C]-ben2ene, where U = uniformly labeled [1- and 2- C]-sodium acetate, [ C]-methyl iodide, [ C]-methanol, sodium [ C]-cyanide, and [ CJ-urea. Many compHcated radiotracers are synthesized from these materials. Some examples are [l- C]-8,ll,14-eicosatrienoic acid [3435-80-1] inoxn. [ CJ-carbon dioxide, [ting-U— C]-phenyhsothiocyanate [77590-93-3] ftom [ " CJ-acetjlene, [7- " C]-norepinephrine [18155-53-8] from [l- " C]-acetic acid, [4- " C]-cholesterol [1976-77-8] from [ " CJ-methyl iodide, [l- " C]-glucose [4005-41-8] from sodium [ " C]-cyanide, and [2- " C]-uracil [626-07-3] [27017-27-2] from [ " C]-urea. All syntheses of the basic radioactive building blocks have been described (4). 

Later, a completely different and more convenient synthesis of riboflavin and analogues was developed (34). It consists of the nitrosative cyclization of 6-(A/-D-ribityl-3,4-xyhdino)uracil (18), obtained from the condensation of A/-D-ribityl-3,4-xyhdine (11) and 6-chlorouracil (19), with excess sodium nitrite in acetic acid, or the cyclization of (18) with potassium nitrate in acetic in the presence of sulfuric acid, to give riboflavin-5-oxide (20) in high yield. Reduction with sodium dithionite gives (1). In another synthesis, 5-nitro-6-(A/-D-ribityl-3,4-xyhdino) uracil (21), prepared in situ from the condensation of 6-chloro-5-nitrouracil (22) with A/-D-ribityl-3,4-xyhdine (11), was hydrogenated over palladium on charcoal in acetic acid. The filtrate included 5-amino-6-(A/-D-ribityl-3,4-xyhdino)uracil (23) and was maintained at room temperature to precipitate (1) by autoxidation (35). These two pathways are suitable for the preparation of riboflavin analogues possessing several substituents (Fig. 4). 

Hydroxymethyl-6-methyluracil (1043) was prepared many years ago from 6-methyl-uracil and formaldehyde, or in other ways. Since 1956 it has received much attention in the USSR under the (transliterated) name pentoxyl or pentoxil. It is used in several anaemic and disease conditions. For example, a mixture of folic acid and pentoxyl quickly reduces the anaemia resulting from lead poisoning pentoxyl stimulates the supply of serum protein after massive blood loss it stimulates wound healing it stimulates the immune response in typhus infection and it potentiates the action of sulfonamides in pneumococcus infections (70MI21300). 

In one of the early experiments designed to elucidate the genetic code, Marshall Nirenberg of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, 1968) prepared a synthetic mRNA in which all the bases were uracil. He added this poly(U) to a cell-free system containing all the necessary materials for protein biosynthesis. A polymer of a single amino acid was obtained. What amino acid was polymerized ... 

For unsubstitUted or lower alkylated dioxotriazines, it is advantageous to cyclize semicarbazones by sodium ethylate in ethylene glycol as described by Chang and XJlbricht. In this reaction 6-aza-uracil is obtained in 66% yield. The procedure was used for the preparation of labeled 6-azauracil ° and later for the synthesis of a number of 6-alkyl derivatives including 6-azathymine. °... 

Azauridine was also synthesized using the knowledge of the course of alkylation of 6-azauracil 2-methylmercapto derivatives (e.g., Section II,B,4,b). The 1-ribofuranosyl derivative obtained by reaction of the mercury salt of the 2-methylmercapto derivative with tri-O-benzoyl-jS-D-ribofuranosyl chloride on removal of the methyl-mercapto and then benzoyl groups yielded crystalline 6-azauridine, The main difference between uracil and 6-azauracil nucleosides consists in the preparation of cyclic nucleosides. It is known that uridine can be readily converted to cyclic nucleosides by the reaction of 2 (50-O-mesyl derivatives with nucleophilic agents, Analogous... 

Direct bromination readily yields the 6-bromo derivative (111), just as with uracil. Analogous chlorination and iodination requires the presence of alkalies and even then proceeds in low yield. The 6-chloro derivative (113) was also obtained by partial hydrolysis of the postulated 3,5,6-trichloro-l,2,4-triazine (e.g.. Section II,B,6). The 6-bromo derivative (5-bromo-6-azauracil) served as the starting substance for several other derivatives. It was converted to the amino derivative (114) by ammonium acetate which, by means of sodium nitrite in hydrochloric acid, yielded a mixture of 6-chloro and 6-hydroxy derivatives. A modified Schiemann reaction was not suitable for preparing the 6-fluoro derivative. The 6-hydroxy derivative (115) (an isomer of cyanuric acid and the most acidic substance of this group, pKa — 2.95) was more conveniently prepared by alkaline hydrolysis of the 6-amino derivative. Further the bromo derivative was reacted with ethanolamine to prepare the 6-(2-hydroxyethyl) derivative however, this could not be converted to the corresponding 2-chloroethyl derivative. Similarly, the dimethylamino, morpholino, and hydrazino derivatives were prepared from the 6-bromo com-pound. ... 

It may be said in conclusion that the reactivity of position 5 (i.e., 6 of the triazine ring) is similar to that of uracil. The only difference seems to be in the failure to prepare 5-nitro-6-azauracil although this reaction proceeds readily with uracil. 

A) Preparation of 1-(2,3,5-Tri-0-Acetyl- -D-Arat>inofuranosy/)-4-Thiouracil A mixture of 1.85 g (5.0 mmol) of 1-(2,3,5-tri-0-acetyl-(3-arabinofuranosyl)uracil, 1.23 g (5.55 mmol) of phosphorus pentasulfide, and 30 ml of pyridine was heated under gentle reflux for 2.5 hours with exclusion of moisture. The reaction mixture was cooled, and the supernatant solution was transferred by means of a pipette into a mixture of crushed ice and water. 

Preparation of 5-[bis/2-Hydroxyethyl)Amino] Uraci/ 20 grams (0.157 mol) of 5-amlno-uracil was mixed with 350 ml of water, 23 ml of glacial acetic acid, and 160 ml of ethylene oxide in a one-liter flask immersed in an ice bath. The reaction mixture was stirred and allowed to come to room temperature slowly (as the ice melted), and stirring was continued for two days. A clear solution resulted to which was added 250 ml of water and 60 grams of Dowex-50 in the acid form. The mixture was stirred for 15 minutes, and the resin was collected on a filter. It was washed with water and the crude 5-[bis(2.hydroxy-ethyl)amino] uracil was eluted with a 10% aqueous solution of ammonium hydroxide. 

Verrumal (Hermal)-comb. numerous generics and combination preparations Efudix (Roche) Fluoro-uracile (Roche) generic... 

Different kinds of nucleosides (778) were prepared by condensation of compound 400 (see Section 11,3) with trimethylsilylated uracils under Lewis acid catalysis, and removal of one fluorine atom at C-2 of the sugars. Uridine 5 -(2-acetamido-2,4-dideoxy-4-fluoro-a-D-galactopyranosyl di-... 

Deoxy-3-fluoro- -D-xylofuranosyl)cytosine (821) was prepared by condensation of 2,5-di-0-benzoyl-3-deoxy-3-fluoro-D-xylofuranosyl bromide with bis(trimethylsilyl)cytosine (773). It was proposed that 1 -(3 1eoxy-3-fluoro-)S-D-arabinofuranosyl)uracil (823), prepared from l-(2,3-anhy-dro-)S-D-lyxofuranosyl)uracil (822) with anhydrous HF ( 8% in 1,4-dioxane 116 °, 41 h, 3% yield), has a twist conformation of the furanose ring(°r, acetone- 4-D20 . Jn-vf 13.5, Hz). Reexamination ... 

The classic syntheses of the antibacterial sulfonamides involve reaction of the appropriate arylamine with an acid addition salt of p-amino-benzenesulfonyl chloride, or p-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride followed by reduction. Chemical interest largely resides in preparation of the corresponding arylamines. For the synthesis of sulfacytine (134), N-ethyl uracil (131) was converted to its thioamide (132) by reaction with phosphorous pentasulfide. The newly introduced sulfur is then displaced with ammonia in methanol to give 133. Standard reactions complete... 

In order to investigate the single electron donation process from a reduced flavin to a pyrimidine dimer or oxetane lesion, the photolyase model compounds 1-4 depicted in Scheme 4 were prepared [41, 42]. The first model compounds 1 and 2 contain a cyclobutane uracil (1) or thymine (2) dimer covalently connected to a flavin, which is the active electron donating subunit in photolyases. These model systems were dissolved in various solvents... 

Partly saturated pyrazino[l,2-r-]pyrimidines were prepared by formation of the pyrazine ring. 2-Substituted-8-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-177,277-pyrazino[l,2-r-]pyrimidin-l-ones were prepared by a [6+0] synthesis involving cyclization of 6-hydroxy-pyrimidine-4-(fV-hydroxyethyl)carboxamides <2005W02005/087766>. The 2/7-pyra-zino[l,2-c]pyrimidine-3-carboxamide 164 (Y = NH) was formed from [5+1] atom fragments via the uracil derivative 163 (Y = NH) and DMF-dimethyl acetal. Compounds 163 were prepared from 6-chloromethyluracil and glycine methyl ester 162 (Y = NH) (Scheme 20) <2004W02004/014354>. 

Pyrimidinyl palladium reagents, prepared in situ from mercuric or iodo derivatives, react with 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran to form isomeric products containing a dihydropyranyl group attached to C-5 of the substituted uracil... 

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