Synthesis of N4-Amino and N4-Hydroxy Derivatives of 5-Azacytidine. A Facile Rearrangement of the N4-Amino Derivative to 5-(3-β-D-Ribofuranosylureido)-1H-1,2,4-triazole

Abstract

Treatment of methoxyribosyltriazinone 4 with hydrazine in methanol afforded crude 4-hydrazino-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-1,3,5-triazin-2(1H)-one (N4-amino-5-azacytidine) (2), which rearranged rapidly to isomeric 5-ribosylureidotriazole 6. The rearrangement proceeds easily also in water solutions of 2. Alkaline hydrolysis of 6 gave a mixture of 5-ureidotriazole 7 and 5-aminotriazole 8. Acid hydrolysis of 6 afforded only 7. This compound was also prepared by thermal rearrangement of 5-amino-1-carbamoyltriazole 9 or on reaction of cyano(formyl)guanidine 10 with hydrazine hydrochloride. Treatment of benzoylated methoxyribosyltriazinone 4a with hydrazine in methanol gave only the rearranged product 6a. Reaction of tribenzoylribosyl isocyanate 12 with aminotriazole 8 gave 1-triazolecarboxamidotribenzoylribose 13, which afforded by methanolysis oxazoloribofuranose 14 and aminotriazole 8. Compound 14 was also obtained by methanolysis of blocked ribosylcarbamate 16. Reaction of methoxyribosyltriazinone 4 with hydroxylamine in methanol afforded 4-hydroxylamino-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-1,3,5-triazin-2(1H)-one (N4-hydroxy-5-azacytidine) (3), which on the action of excess hydroxylamine yielded 1-cyano-1-hydroxy-5-β-D-ribofuranosylisobiuret (19). Treatment of methoxy-1,3,5-triazinone 18 with a solution of hydroxylamine in methanol gave 4-hydroxylamino-1-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2(1H)-one (N4-hydroxy-1-methyl-5-azacytosine) (17). Heating of cyano(formyl)guanidine 10 with hydroxylamine hydrochloride in water lead to the formation of triuret (21). The mechanisms of the reactions of methoxyribosyltriazinone 4 with hydrazine and hydroxylamine are discussed. Compounds 2, 6 and 19 exhibited no significant antibacterial or cytostatic activity.