D. Bonnaffe et al., SYNTHESIS OF ACYL PYROPHOSPHATES - APPLICATION TO THE SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEOTIDE LIPOPHILIC PRODRUGS, Tetrahedron letters, 36(4), 1995, pp. 531-534
We describe the first synthesis of acyl nucleoside diphosphates and ac
yl nucleoside triphosphates designed to be nucleotide lipophilic prodr
ugs. An improved preparation of acyl pyrophosphate salts, from carboxy
lic acid and tris-tetrabutylammonium pyrophosphate, is a key step in t
his synthesis.