title: [The preparative method for 2-fluoroadenosine synthesis].
abstract: The preparative method for the synthesis of 2-fluoroadenosine starting from commercially available guanosine was developed. It included the intermediate formation of 2-amino-6-azido-9-(2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)purine, which was isolated exclusively in the tetrazolo[5,1-i]-form {5-amino-7-(2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-7H-tetrazolo[5,1-i]purine}. The latter compound was converted by the Schiemann reaction to 6-azido-2-fluoro-9-(2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)purine, which was isolated at an 80% yield after careful optimization of the process. The IR and 1H NMR spectroscopy data indicated the 6-azido-2-fluoropurine structure of the aglycone. The catalytic reduction of the azido group in 6-azido-2-fluoro-9-(2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)purine to the amino moiety and the subsequent deacetylation by the routine procedure resulted in 2-fluoroadenosine at a total yield of 74%.
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Berzin
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Dorofeeva
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Leonov
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Miroshnikova
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002384:Catalysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: C034064:2-fluoroadenosine; D000241:Adenosine