Stereoselective Synthesis of Alkylphosphonates: A Facile Rearrangement of Cyanoethyl-Protected Nucleoside Phosphoramidites
摘要:
Cyanoethyl-protected nucleoside phosphoramidites undergo a facile Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction upon addition of acrylonitrile to afford cyanoethyl phosphonates. This rearrangement is stereoselective at room temperature, but racemization is observed at high temperatures, indicating two different pathways. A plausible mechanism is proposed for this reaction.
Oligonucleotideduplexes with cystinedisulfide3′-3′ interstrand cross-links were synthesized. Stepwise solid-phase procedures, followed by basic deprotection under controlled conditions and air oxidation, afforded various disulfide-linked duplexes differing in the peptide and oligonucleotide composition and length. Some of these nucleopeptides form unimolecular duplexes in which peptide–minor-groove
Solution Stability and Degradation Pathway of Deoxyribonucleoside Phosphoramidites in Acetonitrile
作者:Achim H. Krotz、Claus Rentel、Dennis Gorman、Phil Olsen、Hans J. Gaus、James V. McArdle、Anthony N. Scozzari
DOI:10.1081/ncn-120039215
日期:2004.12.31
The impuritiy profiles of acetonitrile solutions of the four standard O-cyanoethyl-N,N-diisopropyl-phosphoramidites of 5'-O-dimethoxytrityl (DMT) protected deoxyribo-nucleosides (dG(ib), dA(bz), dC(bz), T) were analyzed by HPLC-MS. The solution stability of the phosphoramidites decreases in the order T, dC > dA > dG. After five weeks storage under inert gas atmosphere the amidite purity was reduced by 2% (T, dC), 6% (dA), and 39% (dG), respectively. The main degradation pathways involve hydrolysis, elimination of acrylonitrile and autocatalytic acrylonitrile-induced formation of cyanoethyl phosphonoamidates. Consequently, the rate of degradation is reduced by reducing the water concentration in solution with molecular sieves and by lowering the amidite concentration. Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis could also be reduced by addition of small amounts of base.