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DMSO-d6 as the internal standard. Mass spectra were obtained on
Agilent LCMS instrument. Unless otherwise noted, all reagents
were obtained from commercial suppliers and used without
further purification. Anhydrous solvents were dried by heating at
reflux for at least 24 h over CaH2, dichloromethane, DMF,
tetrahydrofuran, toluene, and diethyl ether were freshly distilled
prior to use. Unless otherwise indicated, all syntheses and
manipulations were carried out under dry nitrogen atmosphere.
was stirred at 0℃ for 2h, quenched with saturated sodium
bicarbonate solution, extracted with dichloromethane (500 mL).
The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate,
filtered, and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash
column (CH2Cl2 : CH3OH = 20:1) to give the compounds
12α and 12β as a solid (6.43 g, yield: 71.52%), 1H NMR
(CDCl3): δ8.30 (m, 2H), 7.70-7.60 (m, 5H), 7.50-7.30 (m, 10H),
6.30-6.50 (m, 1H), 5.30-5.00 (m, 2H), 4.50 (m, 1H), 4.30-3.90
(m, 5H), 2.55-2.35 (m, 2H), 2.20-2.10 (m, 2H), 2.10 (s, 3H), 2.00
(s, 3H), 1.70 (s, 3H), 1.10 (s, 9H); ESIMS: m/z 785 [M+H]+.
2-Deoxy 3 , 5-di-O-acetyl methyl ribofuranoside (4) was
prepared according to the procedures reported by Iglesias.11
2’-Deoxy 3’-O-(2”-deoxy ribofuranosyl) 5’-O-TBDPS 5-
methyl cytidine (13α, 13β): To a solution of the compounds
12α, 12β (25.5 g, 32.57 mmol) in the mixture of THF (150 mL)
and methanol (150 mL) was added anhydrous potassium
carbonate (6.75 g, 48.85 mmol). The mixture was stirred at room
temperature under N2 overnight, the solvent was removed, and
the residue was purified by flash silica column (CH2Cl2: CH3OH
= 10:1) to give compounds 13α, 13β as a solid (15.23 g, yield:
2’-Deoxy 5’-O-TBDPS 5-methyl uridine (8): To a solution of
2’-deoxy 5-methyl uridine (14.71 g, 0.061 mol) in dry pyridine
(88 mL) was added imidazole (8.30 g, 0.122 mol), followed by
addition of TBDPSCl (26.83 g, 0.098 mol). The reaction mixture
was stirred at room temperature under N2 overnight, and
quenched by adding water. The solvent was evaporated, and the
residue was purified by flash column (CH2Cl2 : CH3OH = 20:1)
to give the compound 8 as a solid (22 g, yield: 75.21%), 1H NMR
(CDCl3): δ8.50 (s, 1H), 7.50 (m, 5H), 7.20 (m, 7H), 6.20 (m, 1H),
4.40 (d, 1H), 4.00 (d, 1H), 3.75 (m, 1H), 3.65 (m, 1H), 2.40 (m,
1H), 1.90 (m, 1H), 1.60 (s, 3H), 0.80 (s, 9H); ESIMS: m/z 481
[M+H]+.
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78.59%). H NMR (DMSO-D6): δ7.95 (m, 1H), 7.60 (m, 5H),
7.40 (m, 9H), 6.80 (m, 1H), 6.10 (m, 1H), 5.20 (m, 1H), 5.10 (m,
1H), 4.90 (m, 1H), 4.80-4.30 (m, 3H), 4.10-3.60 (m, 7H), 3.60-
3.20 (m, 10H), 2.4-1.9 (m, 4H), 1.50 (two s, 3H), 1.00 (s, 9H);
ESIMS: m/z 596 [M+H]+.
2’-Deoxy 5’-O-TBDPS 5-methyl cytidine (9): To a solution of
compound 8 (72 g, 0.15mol) in anhydrous acetonitrile (480 mL)
was added Et3N (242.4 g, 2.4 mol) at -15°C under N2. After
stirring for 20 min., TMSCl (48.6 g, 0.45 mol) was added, after
another 1h, triazole (82.8 g, 1.2 mol) and POCl3 (45.6 g, 0.3 mol)
were added at -15°C. This mixture was stirred at this temperature
for 2h, quenched with addition of 240 mL of water at -15°C. The
mixture was extracted with EtOAc, and the aqueous phase was
re-extracted with EtOAc. The solvent was evaporated, and the
residue was dissolved in the mixture of 1,4-dioxane (600 mL)
and aqueous ammonia (30 mL). The mixture was stirred at room
temperature under N2 overnight. After evaporation, the product
was purified by flash column (CH2Cl2 : CH3OH = 10:1) to give
the compound 9 as a solid (63 g, yield: 87.5%), 1H NMR
(CDCl3): δ7.65 (m, 5H), 7.40 (m, 6H), 6.50 (m, 1H), 4.50 (m,
1H), 4.10 (d, 1H), 4.00 (dd, 1H), 3.80 (dd, 1H), 2.65 (m, 1H),
2.10 (m, 1H), 1.60 (s, 3H), 1.09 (s, 9H); ESIMS: m/z 480
[M+H]+.
2’-Deoxy 3’-O-(2”-deoxy ribofuranosyl) 5-methyl cytidine
(14α, 14β): To a solution of the compounds 13α, 13β (15.23 g,
25.60 mmol) in THF (200 mL) was added TBAF (33.28 g, 12.8
mmol). The mixture was stirred at room temperature under N2
overnight. The solvent was removed, and the residue was purified
by flash column (CH2Cl2 : CH3OH = 10:1) to give compounds
14α, 14β as a white solid (7.36 g, yield: 80.61%), 1H NMR
(CDCl3): δ7.60 (m, 1H), 7.35 (m, 1H), 6.80 (m, 1H), 6.20 (m,
1H), 5.20 (m, 1H), 5.00 (m, 1H), 5.85 (m, 1H), 4.35 (m, 1H),
4.10 (m, 1H), 3.90 (m, 1H), 3.80 (m, 1H), 3.70 (m, 1H), 3.40-
3.60 (m, 3H), 2.30-1.90 (m, 4H), 1.70 (s, 3H); ESIMS: m/z 358
[M+H]+.
2’-Deoxy 3’-O-(2”-deoxy 5”-O-DMT α-D-ribofuranosyl) 5’-
O-DMT 5-methyl cytidine (15α) and 2’-deoxy 3’-O-(2”-deoxy
5”-O-DMT β-D-ribofuranosyl) 5’-O-DMT 5-methyl cytidine
(15β): To a solution of the compounds 14α, 14β (2.05 g, 5.74
mmol) in anhydrous DMF (15 mL) was added DMTCl (3.88 g,
11.48 mmol) and DMAP (1.75 g, 14.35 mmol). The mixture was
stirred at room temperature under N2 for four days. The reaction
mixture was purified by supercritical fluid chromatography
separation to give the products 15β (0.9 g, 32.67%) and 15α (0.9
g, 32.67%) as solids. Spectral data for compound 15β, 1H NMR
(DMSO-D6): δ8.09 (d, 0.5H), 7.40-7.10 (m, 22H), 6.75-6.90 (m,
20H), 6.58 (d, 0.5H), 6.04 (t, 1H), 5.15 (d, 1H), 5.10 (d, 1H),
4.49 (m, 1H), 4.10 (m, 1H), 3.90 (m, 1H), 3.85 (m, 1H), 3.72 (s,
3H), 3.71(s, 3H), 3.70 (s, 3H), 3.69 (s, 3H), 3.15 (m, 2H), 3.08
(m, 1H), 2.97-1.80 (m, 4H), 1.50 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (DMSO-D6):
103.5, 102.0, 86.5, 86.0, 85.8, 83.0, 77.5, 71.2, 65.5, 55.5, 37.0,
31.5, 12.9; ESIMS: m/z 962 [M+H]+; spectral data for compound
15α, 1H NMR (DMSO-D6): δ8.10 (d, 0.37H), 7.50 (m, 1H), 7.35-
7.10 (m, 21H), 6.80-6.70 (m, 10H), 6.55 (m, 0.45H), 6.20 (t, 1H),
5.50 (m, 1H), 4.93 (d, 1H), 4.53 (m, 1H), 4.15 (m, 1H), 3.85 (m,
1H), 3.75 (m, 1H), 3.64 (s, 3H), 3.63 (s, 3H), 3.62 (s, 3H), 3.61
(s, 3H), 3.23 (m, 1H), 3.00 (m, 1H), 2.90 (m, 1H), 2.40-2.10 (m,
3H), 1.65 (m, 1H), 1.35 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (DMSO-D6): 102.0,
87.0, 86.0, 85.2, 84.3, 77.8, 71.2, 64.5, 55.5, 42.0, 39.0, 13.9;
ESIMS: m/z 962 [M+H]+.
2’-Deoxy 5’-O-TBDPS N-benzoyl 5-methyl cytidine (11): To
a solution of the compound 9 (63 g, 0.13 mol) in anhydrous DMF
(480 mL) was added Bz2O (32.57 g, 0.14 mol). The mixture was
stirred at room temperature under N2 overnight, the solvent was
removed, and the residue was diluted with EtOAc (200 mL), the
resulting solution was washed with water (100 mL×2), dried with
anhydrous Na2SO4. After filtration and concentration, the residue
was purified by flash silica gel column (EtOAc : PE = 3:1) to
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give the compound 11 as a solid (63 g, yield: 82.89%), H NMR
(DMSO-D6): δ13.00 (s, 1H), 8.10 (m, 2H), 7.70 (m, 1H), 7.60
(m, 4H), 7.50 (m, 1H), 7.40 (m, 8H), 6.20 (m, 1H), 5.40 (m, 1H),
4.30 (m, 1H), 3.95 (m, 2H), 3.80 (m, 1H), 2.25 (m, 2H), 1.70 (s,
3H), 1.00 (s, 9H); ESIMS: m/z 585 [M+H]+.
2’-Deoxy 5’-O-TBDPS 3’-O-(2”-deoxy 5”,3”-O-diacetyl
ribofuranosyl)-N-benzoyl 5-methyl cytidine (12α, 12β): To a
solution of the compound 4 (2.66 g, 11.49 mmol) in anhydrous
CH2Cl2 (100 mL) was added dropwise SnCl4 (3.53 mL) at 0°C.
The mixture was stirred at 0℃ under nitrogen for 15 min.,
compound 11 (6.7 g, 11.49 mmol) was added, and the reaction