Introduction of substituents to the 7(8)-position of 7-deazaadenosine (tubercidin): conversion to toyocamycin. 1980

S Watanabe, and T Ueda

Treatment of 2',3',5'-tri-O-acetyl-7-deazaadenosine with C1SCN gave the 7-thiocyanato derivative, which was converted to 7-methylthio and 7-methyl-sulfone derivatives. The thio-Claisen rearrangement and desulfurization of 7-allylthio derivative afforded 7-propyl-7-deazaadenosine. The 7-methylsulfone derivative gave the 8-cyano compound by treatment with NaCN. The action of nitrating agent on triacetyltubercidin gave a mixture of the 7- and 8-nitro derivatives. The Mannich reaction of tubercidin gave the 7-morpholinomethyl derivative which was converted to the methyl, formyl, hydroxymethyl, or cyano derivatives in good yield. The conversion of tubercidin to toyocamycin was thus accomplished. Some physical and biological properties of these substituted tubercidins were presented.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007202 Indicators and Reagents Substances used for the detection, identification, analysis, etc. of chemical, biological, or pathologic processes or conditions. Indicators are substances that change in physical appearance, e.g., color, at or approaching the endpoint of a chemical titration, e.g., on the passage between acidity and alkalinity. Reagents are substances used for the detection or determination of another substance by chemical or microscopical means, especially analysis. Types of reagents are precipitants, solvents, oxidizers, reducers, fluxes, and colorimetric reagents. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed, p301, p499) Indicator,Reagent,Reagents,Indicators,Reagents and Indicators
D008722 Methods A series of steps taken in order to conduct research. Techniques,Methodological Studies,Methodological Study,Procedures,Studies, Methodological,Study, Methodological,Method,Procedure,Technique
D012263 Ribonucleosides Nucleosides in which the purine or pyrimidine base is combined with ribose. (Dorland, 28th ed)
D014127 Toyocamycin 4-Amino-5-cyano-7-(D-ribofuranosyl)-7H- pyrrolo(2,3-d)pyrimidine. Antibiotic antimetabolite isolated from Streptomyces toyocaensis cultures. It is an analog of adenosine, blocks RNA synthesis and ribosome function, and is used mainly as a tool in biochemistry. Deazacyanoadenosine,Toyokamycin
D014372 Tubercidin An antibiotic purine ribonucleoside that readily substitutes for adenosine in the biological system, but its incorporation into DNA and RNA has an inhibitory effect on the metabolism of these nucleic acids. 7-Deazaadenosine,4-Amino-7 beta-D-ribofuranosyl-7H-pyrrolo(2,3-d)pyrimidine,Deazaadenosine,7 Deazaadenosine

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