Three-dimensional heterocycles: new uracil-based structures obtained by nucleophilic substitution at the sp2 carbon of bromoisoxazoline

Molecules. 2014 Jun 24;19(6):8661-78. doi: 10.3390/molecules19068661.

Abstract

The regioisomeric cycloadducts of bromonitrile oxide and N-benzoyl-2,3-oxaza-norborn-5-ene were easily prepared and elaborated into a novel class of uracil-based scaffolds. The key-synthetic step is the nucleophilic substitution at the sp2 carbon atom of the bromoisoxazoline three-dimensional heterocycles. The protocol to perform the nucleophilic substitution of uracil anions was optimized and adapted to the steric requirements of the substrates. A library of pyrimidine derivatives was prepared in very good yields and the products were fully characterized. They are proposed as nucleoside analogues and as synthons for β-turn motifs within PNA structures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Heterocyclic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Isoxazoles / chemical synthesis
  • Isoxazoles / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Organic Chemistry Phenomena
  • Pyrimidine Nucleosides / chemistry*
  • Uracil / analogs & derivatives*
  • Uracil / chemistry*

Substances

  • Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Isoxazoles
  • Pyrimidine Nucleosides
  • Uracil