Novel synthesis of purine acyclonucleosides possessing a chiral 9-hydroxyalkyl group by sugar modification of 9-D-ribitylpurines
Abstract
A novel approach to the synthesis of purine acyclonucleosides having chiral carbons in the N9-hydroxyalkyl chain was achieved by using 9-(2,3-O-isopropylidene-D-ribityl)purines 1, which are readily prepared from commercially available purine nucleosides. 9-[(2S,3R)-2,3,4-Trihydroxybutyl]purines 4a and 4b, 9-[(2S,3S)-2,3,4-trihydroxybutyl]purines 6a and 6b, L-eritadenine 8, and its analogue 11 are conveniently synthesized via key intermediates, (2S,3S)-2,3-isopropylidenedioxy-4-(purin-9-yl)butanals 2 prepared by NaIO4 oxidation of diols 1.