Alkylation of thymine with 1,2-dibromoethane depends strongly on the reaction conditions. Various alkyl derivatives may be produced, including N-1- or N-5-monosubstituted alkylthymines and products of their cyclisation, as well higher molecular weight products resulting from intermolecular substitution of N-1- and N-3-mono- and N-1,N-3-dialkylthymines. We have identified two cyclic products 5 and 6 and the dialkylated derivative 7, for which detailed structural analyses have been performed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
NMR and UV Study of 1,1′-(<i>α</i>,<i>ω</i>-Alkanediyl)bis[thymine] and 1,1′-(<i>α</i>,<i>ω</i>-Alkanediyl)bis[uracil]
作者:Toshio Itahara
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.70.2239
日期:1997.9
Treatment of thymine or uracil with Br(CH2)nBr (n = 3—10) in the presence of t-BuOK gave 1,1′-(α,ω-alkanediyl)bis[thymine] or 1,1′-(α,ω-alkanediyl)bis[uracil] together with 1-(ω-bromoalkyl)thymine or 1-(ω-bromoalkyl)uracil. The structures of these products were determined on the basis of the coupling constants between 5- and 3-positions of uracil ring on the 1H NMR spectra. Molecular aggregation of the thymine and uracil rings of these compounds in aqueous solution was studied on the basis of their 1H NMR and UV spectra. A stacking interaction of the two thymine rings linked by shorter polymethylene chains such as trimethylene and tetramenthylene groups was observed.
Alkylation of thymine with 1,2-dibromoethane depends strongly on the reaction conditions. Various alkyl derivatives may be produced, including N-1- or N-5-monosubstituted alkylthymines and products of their cyclisation, as well higher molecular weight products resulting from intermolecular substitution of N-1- and N-3-mono- and N-1,N-3-dialkylthymines. We have identified two cyclic products 5 and 6 and the dialkylated derivative 7, for which detailed structural analyses have been performed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.