title: The chemical stability of S-(2-acylthioethyl) and S-acyloxymethyl protected thymidylyl-3',5'-thymidine phosphoromonothiolates and their deacylation products in aqueous solution.
abstract: The hydrolytic stability of the S-(2-acetylthioethyl) (1a,b), S-(2-pivaloylthioethyl) (2a,b), and S-acetyloxymethyl (3a,b) protected Rp and Sp phosphoromonothiolates of 3',5'-TpT has been studied. Rather unexpectedly, an intramolecular hydroxide ion catalyzed acetyl migration from the protecting group to the nucleoside 3'- and 5'-hydroxy functions was found to compete with the intermolecular displacement of the AcSCH2CH2S- or AcOCH2S-ligand from the phosphorus atom of 1a,b and 3a,b, respectively. With the S-pivaloylthioethyl derivative 2a,b no such reaction took place. Additionally, the kinetics of the cleavage of the S-(2-mercaptoethyl) group from 4a,b, the products of enzymatic deacylation of 1a,b and 2a,b, were studied as a function of pH.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, Finland.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Poijärvi
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Oivanen
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Lönnberg
mesh_terms: D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*; D063086:Organothiophosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D011355:Prodrugs / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D013936:Thymidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009841:Oligonucleotides; D063086:Organothiophosphates; D011355:Prodrugs; D012996:Solutions; D013936:Thymidine