5682-25-7Relevant articles and documents
The rate of spontaneous cleavage of the glycosidic bond of adenosine
Stockbridge, Randy B.,Schroeder, Gottfried K.,Wolfenden, Richard
experimental part, p. 224 - 228 (2010/10/01)
Previous estimates of the rate of spontaneous cleavage of the glycosidic bond of adenosine were determined by extrapolating the rates of the acid- and base-catalyzed reactions to neutral pH. Here we show that cleavage also proceeds through a pH-independent mechanism. Rate constants were determined as a function of temperature at pH 7 and a linear Arrhenius plot was constructed. Uncatalyzed cleavage occurs with a rate constant of 3.7 × 10-12 s-1 at 25 °C, and the rate enhancement generated by the corresponding glycoside hydrolase is ~5 × 1012-fold.
Generation and Characterization of Psoralen Radical Cations
Wood, Paul D.,Johnston, Linda J.
, p. 642 - 648 (2007/10/03)
Radical cations of psoralen, 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and 5-methoxypsoralen have been generated by photosensitized electron transfer in acetonitrile and aqueous buffer/acetonitrile (1:1) and have absorption maxima at 600, 650 and 550 nm, respectively. The radical cations have lifetimes of ~5 us under these conditions, are unreactive toward oxygen and show behavior typical of arylalkene radical cations in their reactivity toward nucleophiles and the precursor psoralens. Direct 355 nm excitation of 8-MOP in aqueous buffer at physiological pH results in monophotonic photoionization to give 8-MOP.+ with a quantum yield of 0.015. The 8-MOP.+ reacts with both guanosine and adenosine mononucleotides (k = 2.5 × 109 and 3.4 × 107 M-1 s-1, respectively) via electron transfer to give the purine radical cations, but does not react with pyrimidine mononucleotides. These results suggest that reactions of psoralen radical cations generated by electron transfer or photoionization may be involved in psoralen/UVA therapy.
Improved procedure for the regiospecific synthesis of 2'-deoxyribonucleosides
Baud,Chavis,Lucas,Imbach
, p. 4437 - 4440 (2007/10/02)
2'-Deoxyribonucleosides are regiospecifically synthesized in high yields by catalyzing with KI-dibenzo-18-crown-6 PTC the condensation between unprotected silylated purines and pyrimidines and the appropriate easily available 2-deoxy-ribofuranosyl or pyranosyl sugar derivatives.