An Efficient Amination Method for Manufacturing Cytidines

Hironori Komatsu, Kunihiko Morizane, Toshiyuki Kohno, Hiroharu Tanikawa

Organic Process Research & Development · 2004 · 11 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

A novel method for amination of uridine derivatives was developed and applied to the syntheses of cytidines. The method consists of an activation step with 1-methylpiperidine at the C4-position of a uracil base. Large-scale preparation of 2‘-deoxycytidine was performed using this method.

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