Methyl morpholine oxide → 4-Chloro-7-[3,5-bis-o-(2,4-dichlorophenylmethyl)-2-c-hydroxymethyl-beta-d-ribofuranosyl]-7h-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine

Participants

Reaction Steps

To a solution of the compound from Example 137, Step B (300 mg, 0.48 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (5 mL) were added N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (300 mg, 2.56 mmol) and osmium tetroxide (4% solution in water, 0.3 mL). The mixture was stirred in the dark for 14 h. The precipitate was removed by filtration through a celite plug, diluted with water (3×), and extracted with EtOAc. The EtOAc layer was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The oily residue was taken up in dichloromethane (5 mL) and stirred over NaIO4 on silica gel (3 g, 10% NaIO4) for 12 h. The silica gel was removed by filtration and the residue was evaporated and taken up in absolute ethanol (5 mL). The solution was cooled in an ice bath and sodium borohydride (300 mg, 8 mmol) was added in small portions. The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 h and then diluted with EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with water (2×20 mL), brine (20 mL) and dried over Na2SO4. The solvent was evaporated and the residue purified by flash chromatography (SiO2, 2:1 hexanes/EtOAc) to give the title compound (160 mg, 0.25 mmol) as white flakes.

Provenance & Evidence