start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=64 cd-vols= no-issue=9 article-no= start-page=2090 end-page=2100 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=20080225 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Efficient total syntheses of natural pterin glycosides: limipterin and tepidopterin en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The key, versatile precursors N-2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethylene)-1'-O-(4-methoxybenzyl)-3-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl]biopterin (29a) and its ciliapterin analog (29b) were prepared, respectively, from D-xylose (in 14 steps) and L-xylose (in 11 steps). Treatment of 29a and 29b with 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido-beta-D-glucopyranosyl bromide in the presence of silver triflate and tetramethylurea, followed by removal of the protecting groups, led to the first selective syntheses of limipterin (3) and tepidopterin (5), respectively. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=HanayaTadashi en-aut-sei=Hanaya en-aut-mei=Tadashi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=BabaHiroki en-aut-sei=Baba en-aut-mei=Hiroki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ToyotaHiroki en-aut-sei=Toyota en-aut-mei=Hiroki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=YamamotoHiroshi en-aut-sei=Yamamoto en-aut-mei=Hiroshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=School of Pharmacy, Shujitsu University en-keyword=pteridine kn-keyword=pteridine en-keyword=pterin glycoside kn-keyword=pterin glycoside en-keyword=glycosylation kn-keyword=glycosylation en-keyword=protecting group kn-keyword=protecting group END