Pd-catalysed amidation of 2,6-dihalopurine nucleosides. Replacement of iodine at 0 ºC

Pd-catalysed reactions of 2-Cl, 2-Br and 2-I derivatives of a 6-chloropurine nucleoside with benzamide have been compared, using Pd2dba3, Xantphos and Cs2CO3 in toluene, between 20 and 80 °C. The reactivity order was 2-I > 2-Br > 6-Cl ≫ 2-Cl. The 2-I substituent could be replaced even at 0 °C, under conditions disclosed here for the first time. On the other hand, the replacement of the chlorine atom at position 2 (2-Cl) required 110 °C

Přímá C-H arylace purinů a purinových nukleosidů

Direct C–H arylation of purines to position 8 by diverse aryl halides was achieved using Pd catalysis in the presence of CuI and Cs2CO3. The methodology was applied in consecutive regioselective synthesis of 2,6,8-trisubstituted purines bearing three different C-substituents in combination with two cross-coupling reaction. In addition, direct arylation of unprotected purine nucleosides with aryl iodides at position 8 was developed to allow straightforward single-step introduction of diverse aryl groups