Fluoronucleosides, isothiocyanato C-nucleosides, and thioureylene di-C-nucleosides via cyclic sulfates

Cyclic sulfates of N- and C-nucleosides (D-ribo and D-erythro configurations, respectively) are used to prepare 3'-fluoro and 3'-azido D-xylo N-nucleosides and L-threo C-nucleosides. The reduction of the 3'-azido C-nucleosides (furan, imidazoline-2-thione, and pyrrole derivatives) gives 3'-amino C-nucleosides, which, by reaction with thiocarbonyldiimidazole, are transformed into 3'-isothiocyanato C-nucleosides. Reaction of the 3'-amino with the 3'-isothiocyanato C-nucleosides gives thioureylene di-C-nucleosides, a type of nucleotide analogue with a nonionic bridge isosteric of the phosphate group.     

Stereoselective Conversion of Sugar Derivatives into C-nucleosides

A two-step process for the transformation of readily available carbohydrate derivatives into acyclic C-nucleosides is described. The carbohydrate undergoes a scission process that is followed by the addition of aryl ketone derivatives, allowing the introduction of a variety of aryl rings. The resulting acyclic C-nucleosides are transformed into 2-deoxy cyclic pyranosides in good yield and excellent stereoselectivity.     

Dimetalation of pyrazines. a one-pot synthesis of multisubstituted pyrazine C-nucleosides.

As a part of our efforts to pursue direct, convergent, and concise methodologies for the synthesis of pyrazine C-nucleosides, we have successfully established a sequential dilithiation-addition method, which allows one to introduce two different functional groups to a pyrazine ring in a one-pot fashion. 2,6-Dichloropyrazine was dilithiated at -100 degrees C and then allowed to react with an electrophile, such as bromine, iodine, or disulfides, followed by a reaction with a protected ribonolactone to afford C-nucleosides. After reduction and deprotection, tetrasubstituted pyrazine C-nucleosides, including 2,6-dichloro-3-iodo-5-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)pyrazine and 2-bromo-3,5-dichloro-6-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)pyrazine, were obtained. A tandem reaction sequence occurred when disulfides were used, resulting in the formation of 5,6-bis-methylthio-2-chloro-3-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)pyrazine and 6-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-2,3,5-tris-phenylthiopyrazine.     

C-glycosylic derivatives. X. Reversed oxadiazole C-nucleosides

The synthesis of «reversed» 1, 3, 4-oxadiazolyl C-nucleosides by treatment of alduronic chlorides with N-benzoylamino-triphenylphosphinimine or by oxidation of aldehydodialdose benzoylphenylhydrazones is described. One of these compounds is the first example of an «reversed» C-amino-nucleoside having a β-heteroaryl-ethylamino grouping, a structural unit whose introduction into a sugar molecule is interesting from a pharmacological standpoint.     

Modular and practical synthesis of 6-substituted pyridin-3-yl C-nucleosides

A novel modular and practical methodology for preparation of 6-substituted pyridin-3-yl C-nucleosides was developed. The Heck reaction of 2-chloro-5-iodopyridine with a 3'-TBDMS-protected glycal gave a 6-chloropyridin-3-yl nucleoside analogue, which was then desilylated, selectively reduced, and reprotected to give the TBDMS-protected 6-chloropyridin-3-yl C-2'-deoxyribonucleoside as a pure beta-anomer in a total yield of 39% over four steps. This key intermediate was then subjected to a series of palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, aminations, and alkoxylations to give a series of protected 1beta-(6-alkyl-, 6-aryl-, 6-hetaryl, 6-amino-, and 6-tert-butoxypyridin-3-yl)-2'-deoxyribonucleosides. 6-Unsubstituted pyridin-3-yl C-nucleoside was prepared by catalytic hydrogenation of the chloro derivative and 6-oxopyridine C-nucleoside by treatment of the 6-tert-butoxy derivative with TFA. Deprotection of all the silylated nucleosides by Et3N.3HF gave a series of free C-nucleosides (10 examples).     

Studies on the generation of unnatural C-nucleosides with 1-alkynyl-2-deoxy-D-riboses

1-alkynyl-2-deoxy-D-riboses 7 and 8 were independently synthesized and subsequently used to generate several novel C-nucleosides.     

1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition approach to pyrrolidine analogues of C-nucleosides related to pseudouridine

Pyrrolidine analogues of C-nucleosides related to pseudouridine have been synthesized by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of uracil-5 and 2,4-dimethoxypyrimidine-5 nitrones with allyl alcohol and methyl acrylate, and subsequent reductive cleavage of the isoxazolidine cycloadducts. The dimethoxy derivatives have been easily deprotected to the corresponding uracils bearing the pyrrolidine ring instead of a sugar moiety. The regio and stereoselectivity of the reactions are discussed.     

Synthesis and antiviral activity evaluation of some novel acyclic C-nucleosides

The preparation of novel 5-amino or 7-hydroxy substituted pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridine and pyrazolo[3,4-c]pyridine acyclic C-nucleosides is described. Their synthesis was carried out by condensation of suitably substituted lithiated picolines with 2-benzyloxyethoxymethylchloride followed by pyrazole ring annulation. The compounds were evaluated for their antiviral activity against a wide panel of viruses, but were found inactive at subtoxic concentrations.     

C-nucleosides aminoisoxazoliques. Communication préliminaire

Aminoisoxazoles C-nucleosides Upon treatment with bromocyanomethylenetriphenylphosphorane, a series of aldehydosugar derivatives gave in good to excellent yields the corresponding terminal gem-bromocyanoenoses 3 , 7–10 and 16 . Reacted with hydroxylamine, these unsaturated sugars led to the expected [3] 5-amino-3-glycosylisoxazoles 4 , 11 , 12 and 17 , whereas using hydroxyurea as a binucleophile they gave the corresponding 3-amino-5-glycosylisoxazoles 13 and 14 as previously described in other series [3]. The major interest of these compounds rests in their being close analogs (or enantiomers of analogs) of important biological compounds as f.e. AICAR.     

New modular and efficient approach to 6-substituted pyridin-2-yl C-nucleosides

A novel modular, efficient, and practical methodology of preparation of 6-substituted pyridin-2-yl C-nucleosides was developed. An addition of 2-lithio-6-bromopyridine 2b to TBDMS-protected 2-deoxyribonolactone 5 gave aduct 7 as an equilibrium mixture of anomeric hemiketals 1-(6-bromopyridin-2-yl)-1-hydroxynucleosides 7a,b and its open form 7c. Reduction of the adduct 7 with Et3SiH and BF3 x Et2O afforded the desired 6-bromonucleoside 8a as pure beta-anomer in a total yield of 32% over two steps from 5. Intermediate 8a was then subjected to a series of palladium catalyzed cross-coupling reactions and aminations to give a series of protected 1beta-(6-alkyl-, 6-aryl-, and 6-aminopyridin-2-yl)-2-deoxyribonucleosides 9. Catalytic hydrogenation of 8a gave an unsubstituted pyridine C-nucleoside, and diazotative oxodeamination of 6-aminopyridine nucleoside 9f by isopentyl nitrite in acetic acid gave 6-oxopyridine nucleoside 10i. Deprotection of silylated nucleosides 9 by Et3N.3HF gave a series of free C-nucleosides 10.     

Artificial DNA made exclusively of nonnatural C-nucleosides with four types of nonnatural bases

We describe a new class of DNA-like oligomers made exclusively of nonnatural, stable C-nucleosides. The nucleosides comprise four types of nonnatural bases attached to a deoxyribose through an acetylene bond with the beta-configuration. The artificial DNA forms right-handed duplexes and triplexes with the complementary artificial DNA. The hybridization occurs spontaneously and sequence-selectively, and the resulting duplexes have thermal stabilities very close to those of natural duplexes. The artificial DNA might be applied to a future extracellular genetic system with information storage and amplifiable abilities.     

Syntheses of pyridine C-nucleosides as analogues of the natural nucleosides dC and dU

The syntheses of four pyrimidine C-nucleosides are described. These derivatives are designed as mimics of dC and dU, and in that respect, each can form two hydrogen bonds with complementary dG or dA residues. The minor groove O2 carbonyl in each derivative is replaced by a fluorine or a methyl group. The key carbon-carbon bond connecting the heterocycle to the carbohydrate is formed using a Heck-type palladium-mediated coupling reaction.     

Synthesis of C-nucleosides via coupling of ribosyl fluoride with typical aromatic heterocycles bearing a TMS group

The direct coupling reaction of D -ribosyl fluoride with typical π-excessive aromatic heterocycles such as furan, thiophene, pyrrole, benzofuran, benzothiophene, and indole and their trimethylsilyl derivatives was performed in the presence of boron trifluoride to afford the corresponding C-nucleosides in moderate to good yields.     

Dye-sensitized photooxygenation of sugar furans: novel bis-epoxide and spirocyclic C-nucleosides

Dye-sensitized photooxygenation of 2-methyl 5-(2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-β-d-ribofuranosyl)furoate leads to (1S,4R)-endo-peroxide, highlighting a high facial diastereoselectivity. This endo-peroxide rearranges into syn-(1R,2R:3S,4R)-diepoxide C-nucleoside, while by Et₂S-reduction followed by NEt₃ catalysis affords a spirocyclic C-nucleoside.     

Construction of C-nucleosides diversified by [3+2] cycloaddition from a sugar-based mesoionic ring

A mesoionic acyclic C-nucleoside (4), serves as the starting chiron to construct highly functionalized 2-aza-7-thiabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes and heptenes by means of a [3+2] cycloaddition with acetylenic and olefinic dipolarophiles. Further elimination of either sulfur or hydrogen sulfide leads to acyclic C-nucleosides bearing a heterocyclic moiety of 2-pyridone.     

Alkynyl-2-deoxy-d-riboses, a cornucopia for the generation of families of C-nucleosides

This study focuses on the preparation of some 1-alkynyl-2-deoxy-d-riboses and their application to the generation of C-nucleosides analogues. Examples are provided in which the alkyne functionality took part in alkylation or cycloaddition reactions. A discussion of the protecting group used is provided.     

A general stereocontrolled route to carbocyclic C-nucleosides: (±) carba-showdowmycin

Novel dithiotosylate-mediated CC ring scission reactions $\text{1}$→$\text{2}$ and $\text{24}$→$\text{5}$ conveniently made available synthons towards a host of carbocyclic analogs of C-nucleosides. Unlike the past work, no chemoselectivity problems arose in generation of $\text{15}$.     

A stereo- and regio-controlled synthesis of bromothiophenyl C-nucleosides. Tandem bromination-ribosylation via halogen dance process

Metallation-ribosylation of 2-bromothiophene 1 when conducted at room temperature afforded the original glycosylated dibromothiophene 3b following a regiocontrolled halogen transfer-based halogen-dance process. Then, stereocontrolled reduction-cyclization of hemiacetals 3a-c allowed straightforward access to the halogenated thiophenyl-C-nucleosides 6a-c.     

Stereocontrolled synthesis of heterocyclic C-nucleosides. Protecting group effect and molecular modeling studies

We report herein a short stereocontrolled synthesis of heterocyclic C-nucleosides (indole, imidazole, benzimidazole, and 6-iodobenzimidazole). First, condensation of 2-lithiated heterocycles 2-5 with 5-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyl)-2,3-O-isopropylidene-D-gamma-ribonolactone (1) afforded the hemiacetals 6-9 in good yields. Then, borohydride reduction (NaBH(4)) of the protected hemiacetals proceeded stereoselectively to give predominantly the S diols 10-13, which upon Mitsunobu cyclization afforded the alpha-C-nucleosides 14-17. In contrast, the same PPh(3)/DEAD treatment of the 1:1 diastereomeric mixture of the free heterocyclic diols 10d and 11d gave exclusively the beta-anomers 14dbeta and 15dbeta, respectively, by a stereocontrolled process. The mechanisms of these stereocontrolled steps are discussed with the support of molecular modeling studies.     

Antitumour tiazofurin analogues embedded with an amide moiety at the C-2′ position

Synthesis of four new tiazofurin analogues has been accomplished starting from d-glucose. The key step of the synthesis was the three-step cascade that enabled an efficient hydrogen sulfide mediated one-pot conversion of 2-azido-3-O-acyl-ribofuranosyl cyanides to the corresponding 2-alkylamido ribofuranosyl thiocarboxamides. The resulting key intermediates were first converted to protected tiazofurin derivatives by cyclocondensation with ethyl bromopyruvate, and finally to target C-nucleosides by treatment with ammonia in methanol. In vitro cytotoxicities of tiazofurin analogues against a number of human tumour cell lines were recorded and compared with those observed for the parent molecule (tiazofurin), as well as the commercial antitumour agent doxorubicin (DOX). Analogues 2b-d have shown a potent in vitro cytotoxic activity against human myelogenous leukaemia K562. Among solid tumour cell lines, HT29 was sensitive only to 2d, while HeLa cells were sensitive to 2a, 2b and 2d. Only analogue 2a was highly cytotoxic against MCF-7 cells. No tiazofurin analogue exhibits any significant cytotoxicity towards normal foetal lung MRC-5 cells. Downregulation of Bcl-2, activation of caspase-3 and presence of cleavage product of PARP suggest that the cytotoxic effects of tiazofurin analogues 2a-d in K562 might be mediated by apoptosis in a caspase-dependent way. On the contrary, tiazofurin did not induce apoptosis of K562 cells, which suggests a different mechanism of action, most probably through the inhibition of IMPDH. Flow cytometry and Western blot analysis data agreed well with the results of MTT assay, and enabled identification of analogue 2c as the most promising antitumour agent that preferentially target cancer cells over normal cells and thus represents a new lead for further optimization.