PMID- 31125509 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191213 LR - 20191217 IS - 1934-9289 (Electronic) IS - 1934-9270 (Linking) VI - 77 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Jun TI - Synthesis of 5-Alkynyl Substituted 2'-Arabinosyl 2'-Halogenated Uridine Nucleosides. PG - e86 LID - 10.1002/cpnc.86 [doi] AB - This unit describes the detailed preparation of 5-alkynyl-2'-halogenated arabinosyl uridine nucleosides (2'-halo-ara-EdU) from uridine. These compounds were synthesized as prospective chemical probes for the detection of DNA synthesis in proliferating cells. Currently, this is the only synthetic methodology reported to access these compounds. The key to success of the synthetic approach was to employ a 3-N-nitro-protecting group to stabilize the required 2'-triflate nucleoside precursor toward nucleophilic substitution. Several synthetic challenges were overcome to accommodate the combination of a 5-alkyne and 3-N-nitro functional group, including facile introduction and removal of the N-nitro group, and removal of the sugar acetyl groups under acidic conditions. (c) 2019 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. CI - (c) 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. FAU - Hilko, David H AU - Hilko DH AD - Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. FAU - Bornaghi, Laurent F AU - Bornaghi LF AD - Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. FAU - Poulsen, Sally-Ann AU - Poulsen SA AD - Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190524 PL - United States TA - Curr Protoc Nucleic Acid Chem JT - Current protocols in nucleic acid chemistry JID - 101287865 RN - 0 (Alkynes) RN - 0 (Halogens) RN - 0 (Molecular Probes) RN - 0 (Nucleosides) RN - WHI7HQ7H85 (Uridine) SB - IM MH - Alkynes/*chemistry MH - Halogens/*chemistry MH - Molecular Probes MH - Nucleosides/*chemical synthesis/chemistry MH - Spectrum Analysis/methods MH - Uridine/*chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - arabinose OT - chemical probe OT - nitro protecting group OT - nucleoside EDAT- 2019/05/28 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/18 06:00 CRDT- 2019/05/25 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/05/25 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/cpnc.86 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Protoc Nucleic Acid Chem. 2019 Jun;77(1):e86. doi: 10.1002/cpnc.86. Epub 2019 May 24.