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Synthesis and properties of a new class of nueleosides with spin source
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Midashi, Higashiku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
Novel spin-labeled ribonucleosides 1-5 were synthesized to investigate stability and behavior of N-tert-butyl aminoxyl radical on nucleobase. Site selective lithiation of tri-O-protected ribonucleosides followed by the reaction with 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane (MNP) resulted in introduction of N-tert-butylhydroxylamino group into various positions of purine or pyrimidine nucleus. Oxidation of the obtained hydroxylamines with Ag2O led to formation of 15. EPR study showed that the unpaired electron of the aminoxyl radical was delocalized into the nucleobase and hyperfine structures were dependent on the position of the radical.