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) were synthesized and the adenosine receptor affinity measured. Guanine or hypoxanthine was coupled at the 7-position, or 1,3-dibutylxanthine was coupled at the 9-position. The pseudoribose ring was also substituted at the 5'-position with an N-methyluronamide or with phosphate groups.