Synthesis and purine receptor affinity of 6-oxopurine nucleosides and nucleotides containing (N)-methanocarba-pseudoribose rings

6-Oxopurine derivatives containing a northern (N) methanocarba modification (i.e., fused cyclopropane and cyclopentane rings in place of the ribose) w ere synthesized and the adenosine receptor affinity measured. Guanine or hy poxanthine was coupled at the 7-position, or 1,3-diblitylxanthine was coupl ed at the 9-position. The pseudoribose ring was also substituted at the 5 ' -position with an N-methyluronamide or with phosphate groups. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.