SYNTHESIS OF A NEW POTENTIAL ANTIVIRAL AGENT - 9-ALLYLOXYMETHYLGUANINE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00534275

A convenient method has been developed for the synthesis of 9-allyloxymethylguanine. The direct alkylation of the trimethylsilyl derivative of guanine allyloxymethyl chloride gives a 64 percent yield of 9- and 7-allyloxymethylguanine (3:1). A mixture of 9- and 7-allyloxymethyl-N-acetylguanine (7:4) can be obtained in 56 percent yield by the condensation of diacetylguanine with allyloxymethyl acetate in dimethyl sulfoxide in the presences of p-toluenesulfonic acid.