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Direct Access to Unique C-5’-Acyl Modified Nucleosides through Liebeskind–Srogl Cross-Coupling Reaction
Debart, Fran?oise,Gaillard, Marie,Maverick, Mary Anne,Smietana, Michael,Vasseur, Jean-Jacques
, (2021/10/30)
The chemical functionalization at C-5’ position of nucleosides has been significantly less studied compared to the C-1’, C-2’ and C-3’ sugar positions in spite of its potential important role for biological activity. We describe here the synthesis of new carbothioate nucleosides which were then engaged in a Liebeskind-Srogl reaction with various boronic acids for the preparation of diversely modified C-5’-acyl nucleosides. Applied to pyrimidine nucleosides in the DNA and RNA series, the reaction showed a broad substrate scope and more than 25 examples were synthesized in good-to-excellent isolated yields. This general and efficient Pd-catalyzed and Cu(I)-mediated cross-coupling represents a convenient method to prepare a diverse set of 5’-modified nucleosides and paves the way for further transformation into a variety of potentially bioactive compounds via the possible conversion of the C-5’-ketone.