Synthesis and Deprotection of Biodegradably and Thermally Protected Dinucleoside‐2′,5′‐Monophosphate Prodrug Model of 2‐5A |
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Authors: | Emilia Kiuru Suvi Malmikare Mikko Ora |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku |
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Abstract: | Protected dinucleoside‐2′,5′‐monophosphate has been prepared to develop a prodrug strategy for 2‐5A. The removal of enzymatically and thermally labile 4‐(acetylthio)‐2‐(ethoxycarbonyl)‐3‐oxo‐2‐methylbutyl phosphate protecting group and enzymatically labile 3′‐O‐pivaloyloxymethyl group was followed at pH 7.5 and 37 °C by HPLC from the fully protected dimeric adenosine‐2′,5′‐monophosphate 1 used as a model compound for 2‐5A. The desired unprotected 2′,3′‐O‐isopropylideneadenosine‐2′,5′‐monophosphate ( 9 ) was observed to accumulate as a major product. Neither the competitive isomerization of 2′,5′‐ to a 3′,5′‐linkage nor the P–O5′ bond cleavage was detected. The phosphate protecting group was removed faster than the 3′‐O‐protection and, hence, the attack of the neighbouring 3′‐OH on phosphotriester moiety did not take place. |
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Keywords: | Prodrugs Nucleotides 2‐5A Protecting group Deprotection |
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