The elusive 8-fluoroadenosine: a simple non-enzymatic synthesis and characterization |
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Authors: | Gabor Butora Christoph Schmitt Dorothy A Levorse Eric Streckfuss George A Doss Malcolm MacCoss |
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Institution: | Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA |
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Abstract: | The only successful synthesis of 8-fluoroadenosine reported until now relied on an enzymatic removal of the acetate protecting groups using thermally resistant hydrolases. In the present communication we describe the first non-enzymatic synthesis of 8-fluoroadenosine. According to this, the C8-fluorine atom was introduced in a halogen-exchange process performed at elevated temperature. The chief obstacle in the synthesis of 8-fluoroadenosine, the removal of the protecting groups in the presence of the labile C8-F bond, was addressed by judicious choice of acid-labile protecting groups. Their deprotection in the presence of C8-F is described. Using this newly developed procedure, significant quantities of 8-fluoroadenosine were synthesized and, for the first time, its physicochemical properties including pH-dependent stability, examined in detail. The intermediate generation of 8-fluoroadenosines as a tool to increase the reaction rates of nucleophilic substitutions was briefly examined and successfully demonstrated with the example of 8-cyanoadenosine. The presented procedure is applicable to the synthesis of various adenosine analogs with potential pharmacological significance. |
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