Convergent Synthesis of Polyhalogenated Quinoline <i>C-</i>Nucleosides as Potential Antiviral Agents
作者:Jiong J. Chen、John C. Drach、Leroy B. Townsend
DOI:10.1021/jo020643s
日期:2003.5.1
2,5,6-Trichloro-1-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)benzimidazole (TCRB) and 2-bromo-5,6-dichloro-1-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)benzimidazole (BDCRB) are benzimidazole nucleosides that exhibit strong and selective anti-HCMV activity. We proposed to synthesize 2-halo-6,7-dichloro-4-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)quinolines as 6 + 6 bicyclic analogues of TCRB. The synthesis used Wittig reactions in two key steps. The first Wittig reaction coupled a fully functionalized benzene with a ribofuranose derivative to provide (Z)-6-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-1-(4,5-dichloro-2-nitrophenyl)-1,2-dideoxy-3,4-O-isopropylidene-D-allo-1-enitol (5) as the basic skeleton for the target compounds. The following electrophile-mediated intramolecular cyclization of the cis-alkene (5) was found to afford (1S,2S)-2,5-anhydro-1-bromo-6-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-1-deoxy-1-(4,5-dichloro-2-nitrophenyl)-3,4-O-isopropylidene-D-allitol (8) as the major product. This alpha-stereoselectivity was contrary to the literature precedence. A double-bond isomerization was established to be the cause of the unexpected stereochemistry. The bromo group of 8 was displaced by a hydroxyl group. Oxidation of the hydroxy group and the reduction of a phenylnitro group provided (2S)-1-(2-amino-4,5-dichlorophenyl)-2,5-anhydro-6-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3,4-O-isopropylidene-D-allose (11), which was subjected to the second Wittig reaction with a phosphacumulene to construct 4-[5-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-2,3-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D-ribofuranosyl]-6,7-dichloroquinolin-2-one (13). Halogenation followed by deprotection of 13 and led to the synthesis of 4-(alpha-D-ribofuranosyl)-2,6,7-trichloroquinoline (17) as the major product. The 2-aminophenone alpha-nucleoside (11) was successfully anomerized to the beta-anomer (19), which led to the synthesis of the targeted 2-chloro- and 2-bromo-6,7-dichloro-4-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)quinolines (18 and 21, respectively).