Synthesis of Spironucleosides: Past and Future Perspectives
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Organic Chemistry Area, University of Almeria, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
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Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
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Research Center in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CIQUS) and Organic Chemistry Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Molecules 2017, 22(11), 2028; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22112028
Received: 16 October 2017
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Revised: 17 November 2017
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Accepted: 19 November 2017
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Published: 22 November 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Spiro Compounds)
Spironucleosides are a type of conformationally restricted nucleoside analogs in which the anomeric carbon belongs simultaneously to the sugar moiety and to the base unit. This locks the nucleic base in a specific orientation around the N-glycosidic bond, imposing restrictions on the flexibility of the sugar moiety. Anomeric spiro-functionalized nucleosides have gained considerable importance with the discovery of hydantocidin, a natural spironucleoside isolated from fermentation broths of Streptomyces hygroscopicus which exhibits potent herbicidal activity. The biological activity of hydantocidin has prompted considerable synthetic interest in this nucleoside and also in a variety of analogues, since important pharmaceutical leads can be found among modified nucleoside analogues. We present here an overview of the most important advances in the synthesis of spironucleosides.
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Soengas, R.G.; Da Silva, G.; Estévez, J.C. Synthesis of Spironucleosides: Past and Future Perspectives. Molecules 2017, 22, 2028. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22112028
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Soengas RG, Da Silva G, Estévez JC. Synthesis of Spironucleosides: Past and Future Perspectives. Molecules. 2017; 22(11):2028. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22112028
Chicago/Turabian StyleSoengas, Raquel G., Gustavo Da Silva, and Juan C. Estévez. 2017. "Synthesis of Spironucleosides: Past and Future Perspectives" Molecules 22, no. 11: 2028. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22112028
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