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- Title
2-[(Acetyloxy)methyl]-4-(acetylsulfanyl)-2-(ethoxycarbonyl)-3-oxobutyl Group: A Thermolabile Protecting Group for Phosphodiesters.
- Authors
Kiuru, Emilia; Lönnberg, Harri; Ora, Mikko
- Abstract
The phosphodiester linkage of 3′- O-levulinoylthymidine 5′-methylphosphate ( 5) has been protected with 2-[(acetyloxy)methyl]-4-(acetylsulfanyl)-2-(ethoxycarbonyl)-3-oxobutyl group (to give 1) to study the potential of this group as an esterase- and thermolabile protecting group. The group turned out to be unexpectedly thermolabile, being removed as ethyl 3-(acetyloxy)-4-(acetylsulfanyl)-2-methylidenebut-3-enoate ( 10) without accumulation of any intermediates. The half-life of this reaction at pH 7.5 and 37° is 14 min. Hog liver esterase (HLE), in turn, removes the protecting group as ethyl 4-(acetylsulfanyl)-2-methylidene-3-oxobutanoate ( 12). On using 2.6 units of HLE in 1 ml, the rate of the enzymatic deprotection was still only one third of that of the nonenzymatic reaction. The mechanisms of both reactions have been studied and discussed. The crucial step seems to be removal of the O-bound Ac group, either by esterase or by migration to the neighboring 3-oxo group (nonenzymatic removal). This triggers the removal by retro-aldol condensation/elimination mechanism. No alkylation of glutathione (GSH) upon the deprotection of 1 could be detected.
- Subjects
PHOSPHODIESTERASES; ORGANIC synthesis; GLUTATHIONE; ALKYLATION; ALDOL condensation
- Publication
Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2013, Vol 96, Issue 11, p1997
- ISSN
0018-019X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/hlca.201300028