Systematic investigations on the reduction of 4-aryl-4-oxoesters to 1-aryl-1,4-butanediols with methanolic sodium borohydride

• Subrata Kumar Chaudhuri,
• Manabendra Saha,
• Amit Saha and
• Sanjay Bhar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 748–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.94

• LiAlH4 which also often gives rise to several non-identifiable by-products. Structurally varied 1-aryl-1,4-butanediols are of great synthetic value with immense applications in cationic polymerizations [34], as intermediates for the syntheses of important acyclic antiviral nucleosides [35] and cyclic

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

• Abstract The syntheses of novel hydrazono acyclic nucleosides similar to miconazole scaffolds are described. In this series of acyclic nucleosides, pyrimidine as well as purine and other azole derivatives replaced the imidazole function in miconazole and the ether group was replaced with a hydrazone moiety

• established in medicinal chemistry [13][14][15][16]. Acyclic nucleosides constitute a special class of nucleoside analogues which have attracted great interest due to their broad-spectrum chemotherapeutic activities against cancer and infections caused by viruses, microbes and other pathogenic microorganisms

• . Moreover, antitumor and antiviral activities of various hydrazone derivatives of nucleosides have also been reported [16][17][18]. Inspired by the miconazole scaffold and also as an extension of our ongoing research in the design and synthesis of novel acyclic nucleosides [19][20][21][22][23][24][25

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

• nanofibres. Keywords: amides; antiprotozoal agents; coupling; nucleosides; self-assembly; Introduction There are numerous reports on the synthesis and application of symmetrical and unsymmetrical α,ω-nucleobase amide-conjugated systems (Figure 1) [1][2][3][4][5][6]. These molecules are constructed usually

• ,ω-nucleobase bolaamphiphiles (VII), capable of forming extraordinary nanotopologies [6]. In order to synthesise a new group of modified, mainly pyrimidinic nucleosides, we employed a simple and effective synthetic pathway based on the catalytic aminolysis of carboxylic acids. Our synthetic approach

• synthesis of N-Boc monoprotected amine reactant 17 (See Supporting Information File 1). The compounds in this second group were obtained in yields of 31–95%. The synthesis of nucleosides containing aliphatic linkages (19–22) presented no difficulties on work-up. Two different acidic and three different

Molecular recognition of organic ammonium ions in solution using synthetic receptors

• Andreas Späth and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 32, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.32

Synthetic incorporation of Nile Blue into DNA using 2′-deoxyriboside substitutes: Representative comparison of (R)- and (S)-aminopropanediol as an acyclic linker

• Daniel Lachmann,
• Sina Berndl,
• Otto S. Wolfbeis and
• Hans-Achim Wagenknecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 13, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.13

• the chromophore to intercalate. The major difference between the 3-amino-1,2-propanediol linker and the 2′-deoxyribofuranoside is the number of carbon atoms between the phosphodiester bridges in the corresponding modified oligonucleotides which has been reduced from 3 (in normal nucleosides) to 2

Understanding the mechanism of Pd-catalyzed allylic substitution of the cyclic difluorinated carbonates

• Jun Xu,
• Xiao-Long Qiu and
• Feng-Ling Qing

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 18, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.18

• , Shanghai 201620, China 10.3762/bjoc.4.18 Abstract We present a mechanistic investigation of Pd-catalyzed allylic substitution of cyclic gem-difluorinated carbonates 1 and 4, previously employed in the synthesis of 3',3'-difluoro-2'-hydroxymethyl-4',5'-unsaturated carbocyclic nucleosides in 17 steps. The

• substitution features a reversal of regioselectivity caused by fluorine. Background Carbocyclic nucleosides (CNAs), in which the furanose oxygen atoms of the 4'-oxonucleosides are substituted by CH2, have received considerable attention because they exhibit greater metabolic stability toward nucleoside

• phosphorylases and higher lipophilicity, two properties that are potentially beneficial in terms of increased in vivo half life, oral efficiency and cell wall penetration [1][2]. Based on CNA skeletons, 1,2-disubstituted carbocyclic nucleosides (OTCs) recently attracted more and more attention [3][4][5][6][7][8

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

• participation of hydroxyl group, into ester-conjugated acyclic nucleosides. Background Nowadays, intensive research on the preparation of novel synthetic nucleosides plays an important role in the research scopes of academic bioorganic centres. Special attention has been reserved in the current synthesis

• literature for acyclic nucleosides.[1] Acyclic units containing hydroxyl groups are capable of phosphorylation and building into a growing nucleic acid, thus perturbing its replication. Several acyclic nucleosides, like HEPT (1-[2-hydroxyethoxymethyl]-6-(phenylthio)thymine),[2] or MKC-442 (1-ethoxymethyl-5

• ] Following our aims, to synthesise ester-conjugated nucleosides, we would like to present an expedient method of uracil ring alkylation, with the potential for further functionalization towards acyclic nucleosides. 2-Hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA), being a widely exploited monomer in the production of

Synthesis of coumarin or ferrocene labeled nucleosides via Staudinger ligation

• Ivana Kosiova,
• Andrea Janicova and
• Pavol Kois

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2006, 2, No. 23, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-2-23

• nucleic acids. Results A new approach for the preparation of labeled nucleosides via intermolecular Staudinger ligation is described. Reaction of azidonucleosides with triphenylphosphine lead to iminophosphorane intermediates, which react subsequently with derivatives of coumarin or ferrocene to form

• coumarin or ferrocene labeled nucleosides. Fluorescent properties of coumarin labeled nucleosides are determined. Conclusion New coumarin and ferrocene labeled nucleosides were prepared via intermolecular Staudinger ligation. This reaction joins the fluorescent coumarin and biospecific nucleoside to the

• nucleosides are important tools for the study of key processes of cell metabolism, as well as being successful therapeutic agents. [1][2][3] For structural and functional studies of nucleosides, and their oligomers in nucleic acids or protein complexes, efficient detection methods are necessary. Today

The first salen- type ligands derived from 3',5'-diamino- 3',5'-dideoxythymidine and -dideoxyxylothymidine and their corresponding copper(II) complexes

• Daniel Koth,
• Michael Gottschaldt,
• Helmar Görls and
• Karolin Pohle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2006, 2, No. 17, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-2-17

• with xylo- as well as ribo-configuration an effective synthesis pathway has been developed. Their corresponding salicylidene imines form stable coordination compounds with copper(II) ions. They represent the first salen type complexes of nucleosides with this substitution pattern. Background Complexes

• of diimino functionalized ligands are often used as catalysts for a wide variety of reactions. Enantioselective synthesis has gained in importance in the last few years, and the development of chiral ligands has become an important field in organic chemistry. Nucleosides provide a stable scaffold

• containing three (DNA nucleosides) and four (RNA nucleosides) chiral centers respectively. Though the coordination of metal ions to nucleosides is well known, mostly the nucleobase interacts with the metal centre, and the chiral part of the nucleoside is not involved in the coordination. [1][2] Although a