Floxuridine → HCID 18646874, compound

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Reaction Steps

A 0.70 g quantity of sodium hydride (60%, dispersion in mineral oil) was added to a solution of 2.00 g of 2'-deoxy-5-fluorouridine in 10 ml of dimethyl sulfoxide. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. To the mixture was added 0.91 ml of 2-chloropyridine. Then the mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 3 hours. The solvent was distilled off and the residue was dissolved in 50 ml of ethyl acetate and 30 ml of water. The solution was made into a weak acidic solution by addition of 6N-hydrochloric acid. The ethyl acetate layer was separated, washed with water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography using 1- 2% methanol-chloroform as an eluent, giving 2'-deoxy3',5'-0-di-(2-pyridyl)-5-fluorouridine (Example 46), 2'-deoxy-5-fluoro-3'-O-(2-pyridyl)uridine (Example 47) and 2'-deoxy-5-fluoro- 5'-O-(2-pyridyl)uridine (Example 48).

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