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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Athens, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; E07B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
544276 ; 560236 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for the synthesis of synthesis of acyclic purine nucleosides, particularly 9-(2-hydroxy-ethoxymethyl)-guanine (acyclovir) and 9-[(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxy)methyl]guanine ('DHPG') where the N.sup.2,N.sup.9 -diprotected guanine is reacted with CH.sub.3 C(O)OCH.sub.2 O(CH.sub.2).sub.2)OC(O)CH.sub.3 or 2-acetoxymethoxy-1,3-diacetoxypropane, respectively, in the presence of a mixture of an acid and acetic anhydride, or in the presence of an acid, where the acid can be phosphoric acid or polyphosphoric acid.