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Studies toward the oxidative and reductive activation of C-S bonds in 2′-S-aryl-2′-thiouridine derivatives
Rayala, Ramanjaneyulu,Giuglio-Tonolo, Alain,Broggi, Julie,Terme, Thierry,Vanelle, Patrice,Theard, Patricia,Médebielle, Maurice,Wnuk, Stanislaw F.
, p. 1969 - 1977 (2016)
Studies directed toward the oxidative and reductive desulfurization of readily available 2′-S-aryl-2′-thiouridine derivatives were investigated with the prospect to functionalize the C2′-position of nucleosides. The oxidative desulfurization-difluorination strategy was successful on 2-(arylthio)alkanoate surrogates, while extension of the combination of oxidants and fluoride sources was not an efficient fluorination protocol when applied to 2′-S-aryl-2′-thiouridine derivatives, resulting mainly in C5-halogenation of the pyrimidine ring and C2′-monofluorination without desulfurization. Cyclic voltammetry of 2′-arylsulfonyl-2′-deoxyuridines and their 2′-fluorinated analogues showed that cleavage of the arylsulfone moiety could occur, although at relatively high cathodic potentials. While reductive-desulfonylation of 2′-arylsulfonyl-2′-deoxyuridines with organic electron donors (OEDs) gave predominantly base-induced furan type products, chemical (OED) and electrochemical reductive-desulfonylation of the α-fluorosulfone derivatives yielded the 2′-deoxy-2′-fluorouridine and 2′,3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxy-2′-fluorouridine derivatives. These results provided good evidence of the generation of a C2′-anion through carbon-sulfur bond cleavage, opening new horizons for the reductive-functionalization approaches in nucleosides.
