R. Bazzanini et al., Prodrugs of Ara-CMP and Ara-AMP with a S-acyl-2-thioethyl (SATE) biolabilephosphate protecting group: Synthesis and biological evaluation, NUCLEOS NUC, 18(4-5), 1999, pp. 971-972
The bis(S-pivaloyl-2-thioethyl) phosphotriesters of Ara-C and Ara-A were sy
nthesized as potential bioreversible mononucleotide prodrugs. Some N- and O
-acylated derivatives were also prepared with the aim to modify the lipophi
licity of the title pronucleotides. Compounds were tested far their antitum
or/antiviral activity against a variety of tumor cells and viruses.