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Toward amide-modified RNA:: Synthesis of 3′-aminomethyl-5′-carboxy-3′,5′-dideoxy nucleosides

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JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
卷 71, 期 16, 页码 5906-5913

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jo060457c

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yRecent discovery of RNA interference has reinvigorated the interest in chemically modified RNA. Chemical approaches may be used to optimize properties of small interfering RNAs, such as thermal stability, cellular delivery, in vivo half-life, and pharmacokinetics. From this perspective, amides as neutral and hydrophobic internucleoside linkages in RNA are highly interesting modifications that so far have not been tested in RNA interference. Amides are remarkably good mimics of the phosphodiester backbone of RNA and can be prepared using a relatively straightforward peptide coupling chemistry. The synthetic challenge that has hampered the progress in this field has been preparation of monomeric building blocks for such couplings, the nucleoside amino acid equivalents. Herein, we report two synthetic routes to enantiomerically pure 3'-aminomethyl-5'-carboxy-3', 5'-dideoxy nucleosides, monomers for preparation of amide-modified RNA. Modification of uridine, a representative of natural nucleosides, using nitroaldol chemistry gives the target amino acid in 16 steps and 9% overall yield. The alternative synthesis starting from glucose is somewhat less efficient (17 steps and 6% yield of 3'-azidomethyl-5'-carboxy-3', 5'-dideoxy uridine), but provides easier access to modified nucleosides having other heterocyclic bases. The syntheses developed herein will allow preparation of amide-modified RNA analogues and exploration of their potential as tools and probes for RNA interference, fundamental biochemistry, and bio-and nanotechnology.

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