Synthesis of 1-(β-D-Galactopyranosyl)Thymine-6'-O-Triphosphate - A Potential Probe to Generate Reactive Dialdehyde for DNA-Enzyme Cross-Linking

Concise, facile, and efficient synthesis of 1-(β-D-galactopyranosyl)thymine-6'-O-triphosphate, a potential probe that can generate reactive dialdehyde for DNA-enzyme cross-linking applications, was described starting from O,O'-bis(trimethylsilyl)thymine. Stannic chloride promoted glycosylation of 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-acetyl-α-D-galactopyranose with O,O'-bis(trimethylsilyl)thymine, resulting in the formation of 1-(2,3,4,6-O-tetraacetyl-β-D-galactopyranosyl)thymine in 91% yield. Acetyl deprotection using methanolic ammonia afforded 1-(β-D-galactopyranosyl)thymine in 98% yield. The modified one-pot methodology was used to convert 1-(β-D-galactopyranosyl)thymine into 1-(β-D-galactopyranosyl)thymine-6'-O-triphosphate in 72% yield, which involves the formation of 1-(β-D-galactopyranosyl)thymine dichlorophosphoridate using POCl3 as the reagent at the monophosphorylation step followed by reaction with tributylammonium pyrophosphate and hydrolysis of resulting cyclic intermediate.

Concise and efficient synthesis of 3'-O-tetraphosphates of 2'-deoxyadenosine and 2'-deoxycytidine

We describe concise and efficient synthesis of biologically very important 3'-O-tetraphosphates namely 2'-deoxyadenosine-3'-O-tetraphosphate (2'-d-3'-A4P) and 2'-deoxycytidine-3'-O-tetra-phosphate (2'-d-3'-C4P). N(6)-benzoyl-5'-O-levulinoyl-2'-deoxyadenosine was converted into N(6)-benzoyl-5'-O-levulinoyl-2'-deoxyadenosine-3'-O-tetraphosphate in 87% yield using a one-pot synthetic methodology. One-step concurrent deprotection of N(6)-benzoyl and 5'-O-levulinoyl groups using concentrated aqueous ammonia resulted 2'-d-3'-A4P in 74% yield. The same synthetic strategy was successfully employed to convert N(4)-benzoyl-5'-O-levulinoyl-2'-deoxycytidine into 2'-d-3'-C4P in 68% yield.

Short and straightforward synthesis of triphosphates of artificial nucleobase pairs displaying unconventional pairing scheme

Concise, facile and efficient synthesis of 5'-O-triphosphates of 6-amino-5-nitro-3-(1'-β-D-2'-deoxyribofuranosyl)-2(1H)-pyridone (dZ) and its Watson-Crick complement 2-amino-8-(1'-β-D-2'-deoxyribofuranosyl)-imidazo[1,2a]-1,3,5-triazin-4(8H)-one (dP) is reported using a one-pot synthetic procedure.