- Process for the deoxygenation of nucleosides
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An efficient process for the deoxygenation of 2'- and or 3'-hydroxyl groups of a nucleoside that includes reacting the hydroxyl group with 3-halopropionitrile or 2-nitroethylhalide and carbon disulfide in base to form a 2'- or 3'-(cyanoethylthio or nitroethylthio)thiocarbonyl, that is reductively eliminated and replaced with hydrogen. The deoxygenation process can be used in a wide variety of nucleoside syntheses that require the elimination of the 2'- or 3'-hydroxyl groups, including the preparation of 3'-substituted-2',3'-dideoxynucleosides such as 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine and 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxyuridine.
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- Synthesis and antineoplastic activity of 3'-azido and 3'-amino analogues of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside
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Several new 3'-azido and 3'-amino nucleosides (8, 9, 12, and 13) have been synthesized and their biological activities evaluated. Among them, 3'-amino-2',3'-dideoxycytidine (13) was found to exhibit potent cytotoxic activity against both L1210 and S-180 cells in vitro with an ID50 of 0.7 and 4.0 μM, respectively. Furthermore, 13 has also shown antitumor activity against L1210 tumor bearing mice with a T/C x 100 value of 283.
- Lin,Mancini
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p. 544 - 548
(2007/10/02)
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