Thymidine → 2-amino-9-(2,3-dideoxy-3-fluoro-beta-D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-6-methylmercapto-9H-purine

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

2-Amino-6-methylmercapto-9H-purine (0.49 g 2.7 mmoles, Aldrich Chemical Company), and 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluorouridine (0.50 g 2.2 mmoles) were suspended in potassium phosphate buffer 50 ml (10 mM), pH 6.8, containing 0.04% potassium azide. Purified purine nucleoside phosphorylase (7850 I.U.) and thymidine phosphorylase (2000 I.U.) (Krenitsky et al., Biochemistry, 20, 3615 (1981) and U.S. Pat. No. 4,381,344) were added to the reaction mixture and the suspension stirred at 45° C. After 17 days, additional purine nucleoside phosphorylase (7850 I.U.) and thymidine phosphorylase (2000 I.U.) were added. After another 104 days, additional purine nucleoside phosphorylase (15,700 I.U.) and thymidine phosphorylase (52,500 I.U.) were added. Four days later the reaction was poured into methanol 600 ml and denatured protein was removed by filtration through Celite. The filtrate was applied to an AG1-X2 column (2.5×10 cm, OH- form) and the product was eluted with methanol. Solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue flash chromatographed on silica gel (2.5×20 cm) using dichloromethane:methanol (95:5). Solvent was removed and lyophilization yielded 2-amino-9-(2,3-dideoxy-3-fluoro-β-D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-6-methylmercapto-9H-purine (0.31 g).

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