A preliminary library of modified N,O-nucleosides was prepared and tested on a selected number of human cancer lines that include SKOV3, SW480, and K562. Thymine, N-benzyl substituents, and aromatic rings contribute to an increase of the biological activity, up to 10-25 mM, that appeared also reliant on the calculated lipophilicity of the nucleosides, expressed as cLogP, where P represents the partition coefficient of a solute between n-octanol and water. Scheme 1. Synthesis of N,O-nucleosides via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones 3 with vinyl nucleobases 4 by microwave (MW) irradiation.
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