Synthesis of Certain 4-Substituted-1-β-D-Ribofuranosyl-3-Hydroxypyrazoles Structurally Related to the Antibiotic Pyrazofurin
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Nucleosides and Nucleotides
- Vol. 6 (4), 737-759
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15257778708073421
Abstract
Several 4-substituted-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-3-hydroxypyrazoles were prepared as structural analogs of pyrazofurin. Glycosylation of the TMS derivative of ethyl 3(5)-hydroxypyrazole-4-carboxylate (3) with 1-0-acetyl-2,3,5-tri-0-benzoyl-D-ribofuranose in the presence of TMS-triflate gave predominantly ethyl 3-hydroxy-1-(2,3,5-tri-0-benzoyl-β-D-ribofuranosyl)pyrazole-4-carboxylate (4a), which on subsequent ammonolysis furnished 3-hydroxy-1-β-D-ribofuranosylpyrazole-4-carboxamide (5). Benzylation of 4a with benzyl bromide and further ammonolysis gave 3-benzyloxy-1-β-D-ribofuranosylpyrazole-4-carboxamide (8a). Catalytic (Pd/C) hydrogenation of 8a afforded yet another high yield route to 5. Saponification of the ester function of ethyl 3-benzyloxy-1-β-D-ribofuranosylpyrazole-4-carboxylate (7b) gave the corresponding 4-carboxylic acid (6a). Phosphorylation of 8a and subsequent debenzylation of the intermediate 11a gave 3-hydroxy-1-β-D-ribofuranosylpyrazole-4-carboxamide 5′-phosphate (11b). Dehydration of 3-benzyloxy-1-(2,3,5-tri-0-acetyl-β-D-ribofuranosyl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide (8b) with POCl3 provided the corresponding 4-carbonitrile derivative (10a), which on debenzylation with Cl3SiI gave 3-hydroxy-1-(2,3,5-tri-0-acetyl-β-D-ribofuranosyl)pyrazole-4-carbonitrile (13). Reaction of 13 with H2S/pyridine and subsequent deacetylation gave 3-hydroxy-1-β-D-ribofuranosylpyrazole-4-thiocarboxamide (12b). Similarly, treatment of 13 with NH2OH afforded 3-hydroxy-1-β-D-ribofuranosylpyrazole-4-carboxamidoxime (14a), which on catalytic (Pd/C) hydrogenation gave the corresponding 4-carboxamidine derivative (14b). The structural assignment of these pyrazole ribonucleosides was made by single-crystal X-ray analysis of 6a. None of these compounds exhibited any significant antitumor or antiviral activity in cell culture.Keywords
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