Process for the synthesis of 9-(2-hydroxyethoxy methyl) guanine

摘要

A process for the synthesis of 9-(2-hydroxyethoxy methyl) guanine in which guanine, or its salts, is reacted with 2-4 moles of hexamethyldisilazane, in the presence of an aprotic solvent and of ammonium sulfate. Thereafter, the trimethylsilyl derivative, without being isolated, is reacted with a stoichiometric quantity of an acyloxyethoxy methyl halide and hydrolyzed with aqueous sodium acetate or sodium hydroxyde to give 9-(2-hydroxyethyoxy methyl) guanine.