Fluorescent and phosphorescent pyrimidine labels : α-Diketone derivatives of uracil and thymine |
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Authors: | Yong J Lee William A Summers John G Burr |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The syntheses of 1-(3,4-dioxopentyl)uracil (V), 1-(2,3-dioxobutyl)uracil (XIIa), 1-(2,3-dioxobutyl)-3-methyluracil (XIIb) and 1-(2,3-dioxobutyl)thymine (XIIc) are described. These are the first compounds to be prepared which have α-diketone functions attached to biologically important pyrimidines. Preparation of the dioxopentyluracil was by oximation of 1-(4-oxopentyl)uracil, and of the dioxobutyl compounds was by alkylation of the appropriate pyrimidine with the dimethoxy ketal of bromobiacetyl, followed by hydrolysis under special conditions. The characteristics of the absorption and emission spectra in various solvents are presented and discussed. Dioxopentyl uracil exhibits both phosphorescence and fluorescence at room temperature; the dioxobutyl pyrimidines are fluorescent but non-phosphorescent under the same conditions. The fluorescence quantum yields of all four compounds are about 0.2%, similar to those of biacetyl or 2,3-pentanedione. |
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