Ee. Swayze et Ys. Sanghvi, THE SYNTHESIS OF N,N'-O-TRISUBSTITUTED HYDROXYLAMINES VIA A MILD REDUCTIVE ALKYLATION PROCEDURE - AN IMPROVED SYNTHESIS OF THE MMI BACKBONE, Synlett, (7), 1997, pp. 859
A mild procedure for the synthesis of N,N',O-trisubstituted hydroxylam
ines via the reductive alkylation of N,O-disubstituted hydroxylamines
with both aldehydes and ketones has been developed. We have applied th
is reaction to the synthesis of methylene(methylimino) (MMI) linked di
meric nucleosides, which are of potential use in antisense application
s.