H. Suzuki et al., Condensed-purines syntheses of tetrahydro-1,4-diazepino[1,2,3-gh]purin-2-one and hexahydro-1,4-diazocino[1,2,3-gh]purin-2-one, CHEM PHARM, 47(9), 1999, pp. 1322-1325
1,4-Pyrimido- (2a), 1,4-diazepino- (2b), and 1,4-diazocino[1,2,3-gh]purine
(2c) were designed as selective cAMP-phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE 4) inhibitors
. The desired condensed-purines (2b,c) were synthesized by reaction of 7-am
inoalkyl-3-propylpurine-2,4-diones (6b,c) with hexamethyldisilazane by intr
amolecular cyclization via silylation-amination.