Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1996, 61, 458-477
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19960458

Synthesis of 5-Phenyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone Nucleosides

Marcela Krečmerová, Hubert Hřebabecký, Milena Masojídková and Antonín Holý

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Abstract

Reaction of 2-phenyltrimethinium salt 1 with thiourea and subsequent reaction with chloroacetic acid afforded 5-phenyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone (3). Its silyl derivative 4 was condensed with 1-O-acetyl-2,3,5-tri-O-benzoyl-D-ribofuranose under catalysis with tin tetrachloride or trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate to give protected nucleoside 5 together with 5',O6-cyclo-5-phenyl-1,3-bis- (β-D-ribofuranosyl)-6-hydroxy-5,6-dihydro-2(1H,3H)-pyrimidinone (7). The greatest amounts of 7 were formed with the latter catalyst. Nucleosidation of the silyl derivative 4 with protected methyl 2-deoxy-D-ribofuranoside 8 or 2-deoxy-D-ribofuranosyl chloride 9 afforded 1-(2-deoxy-3,5-di-O-p-toluoyl-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-5-phenyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone (10) and its α-anomer 11. Reaction of 10 and 11 with methanolic ammonia gave free 2'-deoxynucleosides 12 and 13. Compound 13 was converted into 5'-O-tert-butyldiphenylsilyl-3'-O-mesyl derivative 14 which on heating with 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) and subsequent cleavage with tetrabutylammonium fluoride afforded 2',3'-dideoxy-2',3'-didehydronucleoside 15. Reaction of the silyl derivative 4 with 1,2-di-O-acetyl-3,5-di-O-benzoylxylofuranose (18), catalyzed with tin tetrachloride, furnished 1-(2-O-acetyl-3,5-di-O-benzoyl-β-D-xylofuranosyl)-2(1H)-pyrimidinone (19) which was deprotected to give the β-D-xylofuranosyl derivative 22. As a side product, the nucleosidation afforded the β-D-xylopyranosyl derivative 23. Deacetylation of compound 19 gave 1-(3,5-di-O-benzoyl-β-D-xylofuranosyl)-5-phenyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone (24) which on reaction with thionyl chloride afforded 2'-chloro-2'-deoxynucleoside 25 and 2',O6-cyclonucleoside 26. Heating of compound 25 with DBU in dimethylformamide furnished the lyxo-epoxide 27 which on reaction with methanolic ammonia was converted into free 1-(2,3-anhydro-β-D-lyxofuranosyl)-5-phenyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone (28). Reaction of 1,2-di-O-acetyl-5-O-benzoyl-3-O-methanesulfonyl-D-xylofuranose (30) with silyl derivative 4 gave the nucleoside 31 which by treatment with DBU was converted into an equilibrium mixture of 5'-benzoylated arabinofuranoside 33a and its 2',6-anhydro derivative 33b.

Keywords: Nucleosides; Deoxynucleosides; 5-Phenyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone base-modified; Pyrimidines.