• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.1147-1151
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• 2009

The synthetic route of novel 3′-C-methyl carbodine analogue is described. The construction of tertiary alcohol at 3′- position of carbodine analogues was successfully made via sequential [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement, ring-closing metathesis (RCM) and stereoselective dihydroxylation reactions starting from ethyl glycolate.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.30 no.11
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• pp.2626-2630
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• 2009

2'($\beta$)-Hydroxymethylated adenosine is a potent and selective inhibitor of hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication. It targets the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of HCV, NS5B. Synthesis and antiviral evaluation of carbocyclic versions are described. The cyclopentene intermediate ($9\beta$) was successfully synthesized through sequential Johnson-Claisen orthoester rearrangement and ring-closing metathesis (RCM). Coupling of bases via a Pd(0) catalyst, selective dihydroxylation, and desilylation yielded the target nucleoside analogues. The compounds 17 and 18 were assayed for their ability to inhibit HCV RNA replication in a subgenomic replicon Huh7 cell line and showed moderate antiviral activity with toxicity up to 20.0 and 24.7 ${\mu}g/mL$, respectively.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.30 no.9
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• pp.2039-2042
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• 2009

As a part of an ongoing effort to discover inhibitors of the Hepatitis C Virus RNA replication, we describe here the first synthetic route of 1'($\alpha$),2'($\beta$)-C-dimethyl carbocyclic adenine analogue. The key intermediate cyclopentenyl alcohol 8($\alpha$) was prepared from aldehyde 4 using ring-closing metathesis (RCM) as a key reaction. Coupling of 8($\alpha$) with nucleosidic base via the regioselective Mitsunobu reaction followed by stereoselective dihydoxylation and deprotection afforded the target carbocyclic adenine analogue 12.