Synthesis and antiviral evaluation of novel methyl branched cyclopropyl phosphonic acid nucleosides
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Nucleoside Triphosphates - From Synthesis to Biochemical Characterization
Published on: April 3, 2014
Jin Woo Kim1, Ok Hyun Ko, Joon Hee Hong
1College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Kwangju 501-759, Korea.
Abstract:
A simple synthetic route for the synthesis of novel methyl branched cyclopropyl phosphonic acid nucleosides is described. The characteristic cyclopropyl moiety 8 was constructed by employing Simmons-Smith reaction as a key step. The condensation of mesylate 11 with natural nucleosidic bases (A,C,T,U) under standard nucleophilic substitution conditions (K2CO3, 18-Crown-6, DMF) and after subsequent hydrolysis resulted in the formation of target nucleosides, 16, 17, 18, and 19. In addition, the antiviral evaluations of the synthesized nucleotides against various viruses were also performed.
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