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When R1 is a ketal group (R1 = alkyl, Figure 5 top), on the one General procedure for the oxidation of uridine derivatives
hand, the major formation of the 5’R-isomer would be ex- 1–5. To a suspension of protected uridine derivative 1–5
plained by the Felkin Anh model (Figure 5A top, left) with (1 equiv) in acetonitrile (5 × 10−2 M) was added IBX (3 equiv).
an attack of the nucleophile on the Re face of the aldehyde. On The suspension was refluxed for 45 min–1.5 h until complete
the other hand, the minor formation of the 5’S diastereomer conversion of starting material (TLC). The suspension was
of the aldehyde on the 1,2-chelated model (Figure 5B top, with EtOAc. The filtrate was then concentrated in vacuo to
right).
afford crude aldehydes 6–10 which were used without other
purification (quantitative yield). Aldehydes have been charac-
When R1 is a trialkylsilyl protecting group (R1 = silyl, Figure 5 terized by 1H and 13C NMR. Since they are quite unstable,
bottom), on the one hand, the 5’S diastereomer formation is in crude aldehydes were used without any further purification and
chelated conformer (Figure 5C bottom, right). On the other
hand, the minute formation of the 5’R-isomer that would be ex- General procedure for the 5'-alkynylation of uridine-
plained by the Felkin–Ahn model (Figure 5D bottom, left) is derived aldehydes 6–10. At 0 °C, under Ar, to a solution of tri-
strongly disfavored due to the the bulkiness of the silyl groups alkylsilylacetylene (1.5–2.45 equiv), in THF (0.25 M) was
hampering an approach of the nucleophile on the Re face: the added dropwise a solution of ethylmagnesium bromide (3 M in
bulkier the silyl group, the stronger the effect.
Et2O, 1.5–2.45 equiv). The solution was stirred at 0 °C for
0 min and then at rt for 1 h. Crude aldehydes 6–10 were dis-
solved in THF (0.1 M), transferred into a dropping funnel and
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Conclusion
In summary, we report a study on the diastereoselective slowly added to the solution of the Grignard reagent at −15 °C.
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’-alkynylation of uridine aldehydes displaying various The mixture was stirred at −15 °C for 1 h 30 and was allowed to
protecting groups on the secondary alcohols at C-2’ and C-3’ slowly warm to rt for 24 h. The reaction was then quenched by
and at the N-3 position of the uracile. Our results show that addition of a saturated aqueous solution of NH4Cl (40 mL) and
while the N-3 protection has little influence on the alkynylation THF was removed in vacuo. The aqueous phase was extracted
diastereoselectivity, the nature of the diol protecting group with EtOAc and the combined organic layers were dried over
strongly impact the diastereoselective outcome of the reaction. Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude foam
Indeed, whatever the ketal group used, the major 5’R-isomer is was purified by flash chromatography.
obtained with a 2:1 ratio whereas the protection as silyl ethers
leads to an inverse diastereoselectivity in favor of the 5’S-
Supporting Information
isomer. We propose stereochemical models to rationalize the
observed diastereoselectivity. Furthermore by increasing the
Supporting Information File 1
bulkiness of the silyl group both on the diol and the Grignard
reagent, we manage to obtain an excellent diastereoselectivity.
Indeed, by using the most bulky 2’,3’-O-TIPS protecting groups
and TIPS-ethynylmagnesium bromide, the 5’-ethynylation was
achieved in a 99:1 ratio in favor of the 5’S-isomer. The result-
ing building block with a broad potential in nucleos(t)ide deriv-
ative syntheses is obtained in a very satisfactory 61% yield over
two steps.
Description of the materials and methods, and the
Supporting Information File 2
Experimental
General procedure for N3-allylation of protected uridine de-
rivatives. To a solution of protected uridine derivative (1 equiv) Acknowledgements
in DMF/acetone (1:1, final concentration 0.4 M) was added We thank the “Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique”
K2CO3 (1.8 equiv) and allyl bromide (1.5 equiv). The suspen- and the “Ministère de l′Enseignement Supérieur et de la
sion was stirred at 50 °C for 12 h, filtered and concentrated in Recherche” for financial support of this work and for a Ph.D.
vacuo. The resulting residue was submitted to flash chromatog- grant to M. J. Fer. Assia Hessani (Université Paris Descartes) is
raphy (elution conditions mentioned below) to afford the corre- gratefully acknowledged for mass spectra analyzes and Serge
sponding N-allyl compound.
Turcaud for his expertise and advice in HPLC analysis.
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