Nucleosides. 154. 2'-Azido-2',3'-dideoxypyrimidine nucleosides. Synthesis and antiviral activity against human immunodeficiency virus

Abstract
A series of four 2''-azido-2'',3''-dideoxypyrimidine nucleosides were synthesized and their activity against human immunodeficiency virus was explored. 2,2''-Anhydro-5-O-benzoyluridine (6a) was prepared from 5-O-benzoyluridine (5a) and coverted into 3''-deoxy analogue 8a by imidazoylthiocarbonylation followed by Bu3SnH reduction. Treatment of 8a with LiN3 in DMF followed by saponification afforded 2''-azido-2'',3''-dideoxyuridine (1a). The 5''-O-benzoylated nucleoside 9a was further converted into the 5-bromo and 5-iodo analogues (1b and 1c) by halogenation and debenzoylation. 2'',3''-O-Isopropylideneuridine (3) was converted into two steps into the thymidine nucleoside, which was benzoylated and de-O-isopropylidenated to affort 5''-O-benzoyl-5-methyluridine (5d). 2''-Azido-2'',3''-dideoxy-5-methyluridine (1d) was synthesized from 5d in a similar manner as that used for the synthesis of 1a from 5a. These new nucleosides, closely related to AZT, however, did not exhibit any significant anti-HIV activity in tissue culture using H9 cells.

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