Ng. Kundu et al., PALLADIUM-CATALYZED SYNTHESIS OF (E)-5-(2-ACYLVINYL)-2'-DEOXYURIDINESAND THEIR ANTIVIRAL AND CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITIES, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 5(15), 1995, pp. 1627-1632
5-Iodo-2'-deoxyuridine was converted to (E)-5-(2-acylvinyl)-2'-deoxyur
idines by palladium-catalyzed reactions in excellent yields. Compound
2 [(E)-5-(2-benzoylvinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine] had a weak activity against
tumor cell lines. In contrast to BVDU, compound 2 and its (E)-5-[2-(p
-methoxybenzoyl)vinyl] counterpart (compound 3) were inactive against
HSV-1 and VZV.