A one-pot, water compatible synthesis of pyrimidine nucleobases under plausible prebiotic conditions

Hidenori Okamura; Sidney Becker; Niklas Tiede; Stefan Wiedemann; Jonas Feldmann; Thomas Carell

doi:10.1039/C8CC09435G

A one-pot, water compatible synthesis of pyrimidine nucleobases under plausible prebiotic conditions

Hidenori Okamura, Sidney Becker, Niklas Tiede, Stefan Wiedemann, Jonas Feldmann, Thomas Carell

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Herein, we report a new prebiotically plausible pathway towards a pyrimidine nucleobase in continuous manner. The route involves simultaneous methylation and carbamoylation of cyanoacetylene-derived α,β-unsaturated thioamide with N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) in aqueous media. This provides S-methylpyrimidinone in one-pot, which can be converted into a variety of 4-substituted pyrimidine nucleobases including cytosine and uracil.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1939-1942
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	55
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC09435G
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Ceramics and Composites
Chemistry(all)
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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