Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2008, 73, 665-678
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20080665

Cytostatic and Antiviral 6-Arylpurine Ribonucleosides IX. Synthesis and Evaluation of 6-Substituted 3-Deazapurine Ribonucleosides

Petr Nauš, Martin Kuchař and Michal Hocek*

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Center, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

This article is part of serial Cytostatic and Antiviral 6-Arylpurine Ribonucleosides.

Abstract

A series of 3-deazapurine ribonucleosides 5a-5l bearing diverse C-substituents (alkyl, aryl and heteroaryl) in the position 6 were prepared by Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of either free 6-chloro-3-deazapurine ribonucleoside 4 or its acetyl protected congener 3 followed by deprotection. An improved synthesis of the starting 4-chloro-1-(2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine (3) was developed by the application of Vorbrüggen glycosylation of silylated nucleobase with 1,2,3,5-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-ribofuranose (2). None of compounds 5a-5l showed any considerable cytostatic or antiviral activity.

Keywords: Purines; Imidazo[4,5-c]pyridines; 3-Deazapurines; Nucleosides; Glycosidations; Cross-coupling reactions; Cytostatic activity.

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