Volume 41, Issue 2 pp. 167-172
Concise Report

Catalyst-Free Regio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Heterocyclic Nucleosides in the Eco-friendly Solvent 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran

Xiaodong Gu

Xiaodong Gu

Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Qingwei Du

Qingwei Du

Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Weijian Song

Weijian Song

Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055 China

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Jun Joelle Wang

Corresponding Author

Jun Joelle Wang

Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

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First published: 10 October 2022
Citations: 1

Dedicated to the Special Issue of Emerging Investigators in 2022.

Comprehensive Summary

An efficient and practical synthesis of heterocyclic nucleosides is developed by a catalyst-free highly regioselective and diastereoselective [3+2] annulation of α-purine-substituted acrylates with nitrones. The reaction operates with excellent functional group tolerance, very mild reaction conditions, and with the green, sustainable, and eco-friendly 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MeTHF) as solvent. Compared with other reactions of electron-deficient olefin dipolarophiles with nitrones, different regioselective cycloaddition products were observed in this work. This 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction gives a series of isoxazolidinyl nucleosides in good to excellent yields with promising applications in biochemistry and medicinal chemistry. image

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