Chemical and enzymatic stability of amino acid derived phosphoramidates of antiviral nucleoside 5′-monophosphates bearing a biodegradable protecting group
Disclosed herein are nucleotide analogs with one or more protecting groups, methods of synthesizing nucleotide analogs with one or more protecting groups and methods of treating diseases and/or conditions such as viral infections, cancer, and/or parasitic diseases with the nucleotide analogs with one or more protecting groups.
Chemical and enzymatic stability of amino acid derived phosphoramidates of antiviral nucleoside 5′-monophosphates bearing a biodegradable protecting group
Ribavirin and 2â²-O-methylcytidine 5â²-phosphoramidates derived from L-alanine methyl ester bearing either an O-phenyl or a biodegradable O-[3-(acetyloxy)-2,2-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)propyl] or O-[3-(acetyloxymethoxy)-2,2-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)propyl] protecting group were prepared. The kinetics of the deprotection of these pro-drugs by porcine liver esterase and by a whole cell extract of human prostate carcinoma was studied by HPLC-ESI-MS/MS. The 3-(acetyloxymethoxy)-2,2-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)propyl and 3-(acetyloxy)-2,2-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)propyl groups were readily removed releasing the L-alanine methyl ester phosphoramidate nucleotide, the deprotection of the 3-(acetyloxymethoxy) derivative being approximately 20 times faster. The chemical stability of the 2â²-O-methylcytidine pro-drugs was additionally determined over a pH range from 7.5 to 10.