Cover Picture

The cover picture shows a model of the "progenitor-TADDOLs" in front of a panorama of the Fünffingersstocks and the Wenden Glacier in the Titlisgebiet (Switzerland). The model is flanked by a stylized view of the general mechanistic model for the preferred stereochemical pathway of the Ti-TADDOLate-catalyzed reaction of chelating substrates (left) and a blackboard (right) showing formulae of compounds that can be prepared with high enantioselectivity by nucleophilic addition in the presence of titanium TADDOLates. From TADDOL, introduced in 1982, a genuine auxiliary system for the "introduction of chirality" (not only by reaction) has been developed, which, in the final sprint against the competition has a good chance of securing a place on the winning podium. The photograph of the mountain landscape was taken by Dr. J. Frackenpohl, the cover picture was generated by one of the authors (A.H.) of the comprehensive review of TADDOLs in this issue (p. 92 ff.) with the help of the program Povray. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.angewandte.com or from the author.     

Xylose-DNA Containing the Four Natural Bases

Oligonucleotides containing (2′-deoxy-β-D -xylofuranosyl)guanine have been prepared. For this purpose 2-aminoadenosine ( 5 ) was synthesized and converted to 2′-deoxy-β-D -xyloguanosine ( 1 ). The related 2′-deoxy-β-D -xyloisoguanosine ( 3 ) and 2′-deoxy-β-D -xyloxanthosine ( 4 ) were also synthesized. Compound 1 was converted to the phosphonate and phosphoramidite building blocks 10 and 11 , respectively. The oligodeoxynucleotide (5′-3′)d(xG-xT-xA-xG-xA-xA-xT-xT-xC-xT-xA-xC-T) ( 18 ) formed a duplex with the same T_m as the parent (5′-3′)-(G-T-A-G-A-A-T-T-C-T-A-C) ( 19 ), but with an inverted CD spectrum.     

Pteridine. Teil LXXXI. Mechanismus der Photooxidation von 5,6-Dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-6-thioxopteridin-2,4(1H,3H)-dion

Mechanism of the Photooxidation of 5,6-Dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-6-thioxopteridine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione The mechanism of the photooxidation of 5,6-dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-6-thioxopteridine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione ( 9 ) has been investigated in dependence of the pH. Photooxidation of the anion species in weak alkaline solution takes place by singlet oxygen as well as the superoxide radical anion forming 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,3-dimethyl-2,4-dioxopteridine-6-sulfinate ( 5 ) as the first detectable reaction product. In acidic medium, a more complex photooxidation process is observed leading, in a radical-chain mechanism, to 6,6′-dithiobis[1,3-dimethylpteridine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione] ( 6 ).