School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University , Hatanodai 1-5-8, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142, Japan
Abstract:
Abstract Chlorination of purine nucleosides protected with tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) group was examined by the reaction of the C-8 lithiated species, generated by LDA, with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride as an electrophile. This provides a new method for the preparation of 8-chloropurine nucleosides.