Double-headed nucleosides: Synthesis and applications

• Vineet Verma,
• Jyotirmoy Maity,
• Vipin K. Maikhuri,
• Ritika Sharma,
• Himal K. Ganguly and
• Ashok K. Prasad

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1392–1439, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.98

1,2,3-Triazoles as leaving groups in S_NAr–Arbuzov reactions: synthesis of C6-phosphonated purine derivatives

• Kārlis-Ēriks Kriķis,
• Irina Novosjolova,
• Anatoly Mishnev and
• Māris Turks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 193–202, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.19

• . Keywords: Arbuzov reaction; 2,6-bistriazolylpurines; nucleophilic aromatic substitution; purinylphosphonates; Introduction Acyclic nucleoside phosphonates (ANPs) are an important compound class due to their biological activity profile [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Compounds bearing a phosphonate moiety in their N9

An improved synthesis of adefovir and related analogues

• David J. Jones,
• Eileen M. O’Leary and
• Timothy P. O’Sullivan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 801–810, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.77

• the versatility of our approach. Keywords: acyclic nucleoside phosphonate; adefovir; alkylation; antiviral; N-alkylation; purine; Introduction The acyclic nucleoside phosphonate adefovir (1) [1], administered as its dipivoxil prodrug form (2) [2], is used clinically for the treatment of infections

• the synthesis of acyclic nucleoside phosphonates including mesylates [42], tosylates [16][43][44] and alkyl chlorides [45][46][47][48][49][50][51]. Alkylation reactions conducted with these electrophiles generally require higher temperatures. Furthermore, these reagents typically afford products in

Glycosylation reactions mediated by hypervalent iodine: application to the synthesis of nucleosides and carbohydrates

• Yuichi Yoshimura,
• Hideaki Wakamatsu,
• Yoshihiro Natori,
• Yukako Saito and
• Noriaki Minakawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1595–1618, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.137

• latter reaction was employed to synthesize dihydropyranonucleosides. Oxidative scission is a characteristic reaction mediated by hypervalent iodine reagents and is typically used for dehomologation of sugars. A one-pot glycosylation using this reaction was also developed for the synthesis of acyclic

• nucleoside derivatives. In addition to nucleoside synthesis, hypervalent iodine-mediated glycosylation could also be applied to the synthesis of oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates when thioglycosides and glycals were used as sugar donors. There is no doubt that the use of hypervalent iodine reagents

Facile synthesis of 1-alkoxy-1H-benzo- and 7-azabenzotriazoles from peptide coupling agents, mechanistic studies, and synthetic applications

• Mahesh K. Lakshman,
• Manish K. Singh,
• Mukesh Kumar,
• Raghu Ram Chamala,
• Vijayender R. Yedulla,
• Domenick Wagner,
• Evan Leung,
• Lijia Yang,
• Asha Matin and
• Sadia Ahmad

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1919–1932, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.200

• , and other chemical experiments, phosphonium and tosylate derivatives of alcohols seem to be intermediates. These then react with BtO− and AtO− produced in situ. In order to demonstrate broader utility, this novel reaction has been used to prepare a series of acyclic nucleoside-like compounds. Because

• tosylate, which is consistent with this mechanism. This reaction also shows that Bt-OTs (and At-OTs) could serve as tosylating agents for phenols as well. Further, the utilities of this reaction, as well as some of the products have been explored. In this vein, acyclic nucleoside-like compounds containing

• synthesis of 1-alkoxy-1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazoles. Three possible mechanisms for the reaction of BOP with oxygen nucleophiles. Possible products in the [18O]-labeling experiments. Two possible products from the reaction of At-OTs with MeOH. Synthesis of acyclic nucleoside-like compounds. Formation of Bt-OR

Glycosystems in nanotechnology: Gold glyconanoparticles as carrier for anti-HIV prodrugs

• Fabrizio Chiodo,
• Marco Marradi,
• Javier Calvo,
• Eloisa Yuste and
• Soledad Penadés

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1339–1346, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.136

• transport (a major reservoir for HIV) [29] and some alkyl and alkyloxyalkyl esters of nucleotides or acyclic nucleoside phosphonates have been explored in clinical studies [30]. In order to obtain the ester derivatives, 11-(acetylthio)undecanoic acid, obtained from 11-bromoundecanoic acid and potassium

Synthesis of some novel hydrazono acyclic nucleoside analogues

• Mohammad N. Soltani Rad,
• Ali Khalafi-Nezhad and
• Somayeh Behrouz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 49, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.49

• using phenylhydrazine. To interpret the dominant formation of (E)-hydrazone derivatives rather than (Z)-isomers, PM3 semiempirical quantum mechanic calculations were carried out which indicated that the (E)-isomers had the lower heats of formation. Keywords: acyclic nucleoside; chemotherapeutic agent

• (i.e. CHOCH2) was replaced with hydrazono bond (i.e. C=NNH) in the newly synthesized compounds. Figure 1 shows the general structure of hydrazono acyclic nucleoside compound C. Results and Discussion The synthetic pathways for compounds 2a–2g and 2h–2o are outlined in Scheme 1 and Scheme 2. Two

• gel eluting with an appropriate solvent. General procedure for the synthesis of hydrazono acyclic nucleoside analogues 2a–2o In a two-neck round-bottom flask (100 mL) equipped with a condenser, a mixture of the appropriate ketone 1a–1o (0.01 mol), phenylhydrazine (1.62 g, 0.015 mol) and acetic acid (3

Symmetrical and unsymmetrical α,ω-nucleobase amide-conjugated systems

• Sławomir Boncel,
• Maciej Mączka,
• Krzysztof K. K. Koziol,
• Radosław Motyka and
• Krzysztof Z. Walczak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 34, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.34

• ]. Moreover, α,ω-nucleobase amide-conjugated molecules possess the tendency to form meta-stable complexes with DNA and thus can perturb the cell replication. For example, amide-linked heterodimer synthons consisting of acyclic nucleoside units and 5′-amino-2′,5′-dideoxythymidine are PNA/DNA chimeras (V) [4

N-1 regioselective Michael- type addition of 5-substituted uracils to (2-hydroxyethyl) acrylate

• Sławomir Boncel,
• Dominika Osyda and
• Krzysztof Z. Walczak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, No. 40, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-40

• utilization of synthetic subunits, we have obtained ester-conjugated acyclic nucleoside, namely 3-(5-methyl-2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrimidin-1-yl)-propionic acid 2-[3-(5-bromo-2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrimidin-1-yl)-propionyloxy]-ethyl ester (4) (Scheme 2). The reaction was performed in THF at room

• spectrum of the model ester-conjugated nucleoside (4). Michael-type addition of 5-substituted uracil derivatives to 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate. Synthesis of the model ester-conjugated acyclic nucleoside. Conditions for the Michael-type addition of 5-substituted uracil derivatives to 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate