An improved route to guanines substituted at N-9
Abstract
2-Amino-6-chloropurines (2b)–(2e) react with trimethylamine/3-hydroxypropionitrile in the presence of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene to afford the corresponding N-9-substituted guanines (1b)–(1e) in near-quantitative yield.