1. Synthesis of purine nucleoside—amino acid conjugates and their photophysical properties
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Ērika Bizdēna, Kristers Ozols, Dace Cīrule, Ilze Māliņa, Oskars Platnieks, and Māris Turks
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Purine ,010405 organic chemistry ,Stereochemistry ,Organic Chemistry ,Leaving group ,Glutathione ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Fluorescence ,0104 chemical sciences ,Amino acid ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Nucleophilic aromatic substitution ,Drug Discovery ,Nucleoside ,Conjugate - Abstract
2,6-Bis-(1,2,3-triazol-1H-1-yl)purine nucleosides react at C(6) with the N- and S-termini of various amino acids by expelling the corresponding 1,2,3-triazole as a leaving group in nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction. This gives rise to a novel type of conjugate between purine nucleosides and amino acids. The obtained amino acid—derived 6-amino-2-(1,2,3-triazol-1H-1-yl)-purine derivatives showed useful levels of fluorescence with quantum yields up to 38% and Stokes shifts up to 91 nm. Glutathione and a cysteine-containing nonapeptide selectively reacted with their S-termini and produced the expected C(6) conjugates in good to excellent yields.
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- 2016
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