Independent Generation and Reactivity of Uridin-2'-yl Radical

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Journal J Org Chem

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2014 Oct 18

PMID 25325847

Citations 4

Authors

Rakesh Paul

Marc M Greenberg

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Abstract

The uridin-2'-yl radical (1) has been proposed as an intermediate during RNA oxidation. However, its reactivity has not been thoroughly studied due to the complex conditions under which it is typically generated. The uridin-2'-yl radical was independently generated from a benzyl ketone (2a) via Norrish type I photocleavage upon irradiation at λmax = 350 nm. Dioxygen and β-mercaptoethanol are unable to compete with loss of uracil from 1 in phosphate buffer. Thiol trapping competes with uracil fragmentation in less polar solvent conditions. This is ascribed mostly to a reduction in the rate constant for uracil elimination in the less polar solvent. Hydrogen atom transfer to 1 from β-mercaptoethanol occurs exclusively from the α-face to produce arabinouridine. Mass balances range from 72 to 95%. Furthermore, the synthesis of 2a is amenable to formation of the requisite phosphoramidite for solid-phase oligonucleotide synthesis. This and the fidelity with which the urdin-2'-yl radical is generated from 2a suggest that this precursor should be useful for studying the radical's reactivity in synthetic oligonucleotides.

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