title: Preparation of selenoanhydro- and telluroanhydroglycofuranosides and some corresponding nucleosides.
abstract: Methyl 2,3-anhydro-alpha-D-ribofuranoside (3a) was transformed into methyl 2-seleno-2,5-anhydro-alpha-D-arabinofuranoside (5a) and methyl 3-seleno-3,5-anhydro-alpha-D-xylofuranoside (6a) in two steps via the reaction of the C-5 mesylate of 3a, methyl 2,3-anhydro-5-O-mesyl-alpha-D-ribofuranoside (4a), with sodium hydrogen selenide. The corresponding beta anomer of 3a yielded methyl 3-seleno-3,5-anhydro-beta-D-xylofuranoside as the main product and only traces of methyl 2-seleno-2,5-anhydro-beta-D-arabinofuranoside. Sodium hydrogen telluride transformed 4a into methyl 2-telluro-2,5-anhydro-alpha-D-arabinofuranoside. Starting from 5a we prepared 1-(2-seleno-2,5-anhydro-alpha-D-arabinofuranosyl)uracil and the analogous thymidine nucleoside. Compound 6a could not be transformed into nucleosides.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Adiwidjaja
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Voss
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wirsching
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D006027:Glycosides; D009705:Nucleosides