Molecules 2000, 5, M154

1-[(2-Acetoxyethoxy)methyl]-3-ethyl-5-bromo-6-azauracil

Smaail Radia and Hassan B. Lazrekb

a Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Physique, Faculté des Sciences-oujda, Morocco. E-mail: [email protected].
b Laboratoire de Chimie Bio-organique, Faculté des Sciences-Semlalia, Marrakech, Morocco.

Received: 23 February 2000 / Accepted: 28 February 2000 / Published: 28 April 2000

The product 2 was prepared via a direct condensation under solid-liquid phase transfer catalysis (S.L.P.T.C.) [1] conditions. To a solution of 0.02 mmole of tetraglyme in 4 ml of anhydrous THF, 0.11 mmole of potassium tert-butoxide is added. Then 0.1 mmole of the acyclonucleoside 1 [2] is added, the reaction mixture is stirred at room temperature for 15 min. The reaction mixture is cooled to 0°C and 0.11 mmole of alkylating agent in 2 ml of dry THF is added dropwise with stirring. When the addition is finished, the reaction mixture is stirred at 0°C for 30 min. The reaction mixture is then filtered and the filtrate is evaporated in vacuo to dryness. The residue is then chromatographed on a silica gel column and the expected acyclonucleoside 2 was isolated. Yield: 70 % (viscous and colourless).

Rf: 0.63 (CHCl3 / MeOH, 9/1, V/V).

1H NMR (DMSO-d6): 1.20 (t, 3H, CH3CH2); 2.00 (s, 3H, COOCH3); 3.70 (m, 2H, OCH2CH2O); 3.90 (q, 2H, CH3CH2); 4.10 (m, 2H, OCH2CH2O); 5.25 (s, 2H, OCH2N).

UV (l max (nm), H2O): 288.

MS (m/z): 335 [M (79Br)]+, 337 [M (81Br)]+

Anal. calc. for C10H14BrN3O5: C 35.73, H 4.19, N 12.50; Found: C 35.74, H 4.20, N 12.46.

References
1. Lazrek, H. B.; Taourirte, M.; Barascut, J. L.; Imbach, J. L. Nucleosides & Nucleotides 1991, 10, 1285-1293.
2. Purkayastha, S.; Lazrek, H. B.; Panzica, R. P.; Naguib, F. N. M.; El-Kouni, M. H. Nucleosides & Nucleotides 1989, 8, 349-356.

Acknowledgement: This work was supported by the C.N.R. (Marocco), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the University of Konstanz (Germany).

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