Synthesis of C‐4 substituted pyrimidine nucleoside analogs. Preparation of several 4‐(2‐oxoalkylidene)‐2(1H)‐pyrimidinone ribonucleosides

A series of 4-(1-alkynyl)-2(1H)-pyrimidinone ribonucleosides were synthesized from the Pd-catalyzed coupling of terminal alkynes to the 4-chloropyrimidin-2-one ribonucleoside (2). These compounds were hydrated, using three different methods, to afford the 4-(2-oxoalkylidene)-2(1H)-pyrimidinones. The 4-enol-pyrimidin-2-one structure of the title compounds offers functional groups with the potential for Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding.

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