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Oligonucleosides with a nucleobase-including backbone. Part 1. Concept, force-field calculations, and synthesis of uridine-derived monomers and dimers
Eppacher, Simon,Solladie, Nathalie,Bernet, Bruno,Vasella, Andrea
, p. 1311 - 1330 (2007/10/03)
A new type of oligonucleosides has been devised to investigate the potential of oligonucleosides with a nucleobase-including backbone to form homo- and/or heteroduplexes (cf. Fig. 2). It is characterised by ethynyl- linkages between C(5') and C(6) of uridine, and between C(5') and C(8) of adenosine. Force-field calculations and Maruzen model studies suggest that such oligonucleosides form autonomous pairing systems and hybridize with RNA. We describe the syntheses of uridine-derived monomers, suitable for the construction of oligomers, and of a dimer. Treatment of uridine-5'- carbaldehyde (2) with triethylsilyl acetylide gave the diastereoisomeric propargylic alcohols 6 and 7 (1:2, 80%; Scheme 1). Their configuration at C(5') was determined on the basis of NOE experiments and X-ray crystal- structure analysis. Iodination at C(6) of the (R)-configured alcohol 7 by treatment with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) and N-iodosuccinimide (NIS) gave the iodide 17 (62%), which was silylated at O-C(5') to yield 18 (89%; Scheme 2). C-Desilylation of 7 with NaOH in MeOH/H2O led to the alkyne 10 (98%); O-silylation of 10 at O-C(5') gave 16 (84%). Cross-coupling of 18 and 16 yielded 63% of the dimer 19, which was C-desilylated to 20 in 63% yield. Cross-coupling of 10 and the 6-iodouridine 13 (70%), followed by treatment of the resulting dimer 14 with HF and HCl in MeCN/H2O, gave the deprotected dimer 15 (73%).