2-(4-Nitrophenyl)ethyl Methylenebis(phosphonate): A Versatile Reagent for the Synthesis of Nucleoside 5‘-Methylenebis(phosphonate)s
作者:Krystyna Lesiak、Kyoichi A. Watanabe、Jay George、Krzysztof W. Pankiewicz
DOI:10.1021/jo971859a
日期:1998.3.1
2-(4-Nitrophenyl)ethyl methylenebis(phosphonate) (6) was prepared by reaction of equimolar amounts of 2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl alcohol and methylenebis(phosphonyl) tetrachloride in the presence of tetrazole. Compound 6 was further converted into the corresponding 4-nitrophenylethyl trisanhydride intermediate 7 by dehydration with diisopropylcarbodiimide (DIC). Reaction of 7 with either 2',3'-O-isopropylideneadenosine (8a) or 2',3'-O-isopropylideneguanosine (8b) afforded, after hydrolysis, the desired P-1-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl]-P-2-(2',3'-O-isopropylideneadenosin-5'-yl)methylenebis(phosphonate) (9a) and guanosine analogue 9b, respectively. A similar treatment of intermediate 7 with 3'-O-acetylthymidine (12a), 3'-O-acetyl-2'-deoxy-N-4-benzoylcytidine (12b), 3'-O-acetyl-2'-deoxy-N-6-benzoyladenosine (12c), and 3'-O-acetyl-2'-deoxy-N-2-isobutyrylguanosine (12d) gave the corresponding 2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl methylenebis(phosphonate)s 13a-d. These compounds as well as 9a,b were treated with 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) which caused elimination of the 2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl group. The base labile 3'-O-acetyl, N-4-acetyl, N-6-benzoyl, and N-2-isobutyryl groups of 12a-d were also removed during the DBU treatment. Thus, the 5'-methylenebis(phosphonate)s of 2',3'-O-isopropylideneadenosine (10a), 2',3'-O-isopropylideneguanosine (10b), thymidine (14a), 2'-deoxycytidine (14b), 2'-deoxyadenosine (14c), and 2'-deoxyguanosine (14d) were prepared in good yield. De-O-isopropylidenation of 10a and 10b afforded adenosine 5'-methylenebis(phosphonate) (11a) and guanosine 5'-methylenebis(phosphonate) (11b), respectively.