Nucleosides. LXV. Synthesis of New Pteridine–N8–Nucleosides
A general synthetic approach to various isoxanthopterin‐nucleosides starting from 6‐methyl‐2‐methylthio‐4(3H), 7(8H)‐pterdinedione (1) has been developed. Ribosylation with 1‐O‐acetyl‐2,3,5‐tri‐O‐benzoyl‐β‐d‐ribofuranose via the silyl‐method led to 2 and reaction with 1‐chloro‐2‐deoxy‐3,5‐di‐O‐p‐toluoyl‐α‐d‐ribofuranose using the DBU‐method afforded 28. Protection of the amide function at O4 by benzylation to 5 and by a Mitsunobu reaction with 2‐(4‐nitrophenyl)ethanol to 29 gave soluble intermediates which can be oxidized to the corresponding 2‐methylsulfonyl derivatives 8 and 30, respectively. Nucleophilic displacement reactions of the highly reactive 2‐methylsulfonyl functions by various amines proceeded under mild conditions to isoxanthopterin‐N8‐ribo‐ (11–17) and 2′‐deoxyribomucleosides (31–33). Debenzylation can be achieve by Pd‐catalyzed hydrogenation (9 to 19) and cleavage of the npe‐protecting group (31, 32 to 34, 35) works well with DBU by β‐elimination. #See Ref. 1. †In honor and celebration of the 70th birthday of Professor Leroy B. Townsend.
A New Synthesis of Pteridines
A new synthesis of pteridines possessing a (substituted) (Z)-3-hydroxyprop-1-enyl group at C(6) is based on the acylation of 4-amino-5-nitrosopyrimidines with dienoic acid chlorides, followed by a high-yielding intramolecular hetero-Diels–Alder cycloaddition and cleavage of the NO bond leading to 4. Thermolysis of the resulting pteridines 4 possessing a benzyloxy group at C(4) led to the products 5, resulting from isomerisation of the 3-hydroxyprop-1-enyl to an 3-oxopropyl side chain, while the analogous pteridine 8 possessing an NH2 group at C(4) remained unaffected.
Inhibitors of monoamine oxidase. Influence of methyl substitution on the inhibitory activity of beta-carbolines.
A number of tetrahydro and aromatic β -carbolines, mostly with a methyl substituent at various positions, were synthesized and their in vitro inhibitory activities on monoamine oxidase evaluated. Substitution of a methyl group at the N-9 nitrogen of tetrahydro- β -carboline gave a potent competitive inhibitor of the enzyme. Methyl groups at C-1 of both tetrahydro and aromatic β -carbolines generally reduced the potency, whereas introduction of a methyl group at the N-2 nitrogen of tetrahydro- β -carboline gave a compound of equal activity.