Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of 2′-β-substituted-fluoroneplanocin A analogues as potential anticancer agents

Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of a series of 2′-β-substituted-6′-fluoro-cyclopentenyl-pyrimidines and -purines 8 and 9 as potential anticancer agents is described.

Synthesis of the natural enantiomer of neplanocin B

(-)-Neplanocin B, the natural isomer of a component of the neplanocin family was diasteroselectively synthesized from 2,3-O-isopropylidene-D-1,4-ribonolactone. However, when evaluated against several DNA and RNA viruses in cell culture experiments, it did not show any antiviral activity.

Chemoenzymatic synthesis and antiviral evaluation of conformationally constrained and 3′-methyl-branched carbanucleosides using both enantiomers of the same building block

Starting from both enantiomers of a readily available building block, a straightforward enantioselective approach to constrained 3'-methyl-2',3'-alpha-oxirane-fused and 3'-methyl-3',4'-alpha-oxirane-fused carbanucleosides bearing different purine base analogues is described. The title compounds were evaluated as potential antiviral agents against important viruses. None of the new compounds had significant antiviral activity at a concentration of 100 microg/mL, which was the highest concentration tested.