Nucleosides containing chemically reactive groups.

R D Elliott; R W Brockman; J A Montgomery

doi:10.1021/jm00135a021

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Nucleosides containing chemically reactive groups.

R D Elliott·R W Brockman·J A Montgomery

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5'-Amino-5'-deoxyinosine (1) and 1-(6-amino-2,5,6-trideoxy-beta-D-erythro-hexofuranosyl)thymine (9) were prepared and substituted on the amino group with chemically reactive functions in an effort to find inhibitors of enzymes that metabolize the corresponding nucleotides. The resulting 5'-substituted methynitrosoureas 3, 11a, and 11b, bromoacetamides 4 and 13, phenyl carbamates 5 and 14, and 4-(fluorosulfonyl)benzamides 6 and 15 were tested for cytotoxicity to H.Ep-2 cells in culture and as inhibitors of incorporation of precursors into nucleic acids of L1210 cells. The inosine derivatives were also evaluated as inhibitors of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase. Compounds 4, 6 and 13 showed moderate inhibition of formation of nucleic acids, and compound 4 demonstrated significant cytotoxicity (ED50 less than 5 microgram/mL).

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R D Elliott, R W Brockman, J A Montgomery. 1981. Nucleosides containing chemically reactive groups.. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm00135a021

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