Methanethiol → 2'-Deoxy-2'-methylthiouridine

HRID 363244Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 363244 reaction equation
[CH:1]1[C:15](=[O:16])[N:14]=C2[N:3]([C@@H:4]3[O:8][C@H:7]([CH2:9][OH:10])[C@@H:6]([OH:11])[C@@H:5]3O2)[CH:2]=1.[CH3:17][SH:18].[CH3:19]N(C)C(N(C)C)=N>CN(C=O)C>[CH3:19][C@@H:5]1[C@H:6]([OH:11])[C@@H:7]([CH2:9][OH:10])[O:8][C@H:4]1[N:3]1[CH:2]=[CH:1][C:15](=[O:16])[NH:14][C:17]1=[S:18]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 878MethanethiolHCID 664601,1,3,3-TetramethylguanidineHCID 8061382,2'-Anhydrouridine

Product 1

HCID 1317202082'-Deoxy-2'-methylthiouridineYield 80.1%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6228DimethylformamideSolvent

Procedure

2,2' Anhydrouridine (15.5 g, 68.2 mmol) [Rao and Reese,J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 997], methanethiol (15.7 g, 327 mmol), 1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine (39.2 g, 341 mmol) and DMF (150 mL) were heated at 60° C. After 12 hours, the reaction mixture was cooled and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residual oil was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel (300 g). Concentration of the appropriate fractions, which were eluted with CH2Cl2 -MeOH (9:1), and drying the residue under reduced pressure gave 2'-deoxy-2'-methylthiouridine as a pale yellow solid (14.11 g, 75.4%). Attempts to crystallize the solids from EtOH-hexanes [as reported by Imazawa et al., Chem. Pharm. Bull., 23, 604 (1975)] failed and the material turned into a hygroscopic foam.

Workup

  1. temperaturethe reaction mixture was cooled
  2. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
  3. customThe residual oil was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel (300 g)
  4. washConcentration of the appropriate fractions, which were eluted with CH2Cl2 -MeOH (9:1)
  5. customdrying the residue under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3ea1d849bd114e5c8c4e8dd672c5bf5a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_02
Patent number
US05872232

Reaction notes

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