1997 年 45 巻 11 号 p. 1867-1869
An alternative synthesis of N6, 3, 9-trimethyl-8-oxoadenine (caissarone) (7b) has been accomplished by regio-selective methylation of N6, 3-dimethyl-8-oxoadenine (9-demethylcaissarone) (5b), which was obtained by N(7)-oxidation of N6, 3-dimethyladenine (2b) with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid followed by O-methylation with MeI and subsequent treatment with aqueous NaOH. The UV spectral data for the dimethylated 8-oxoadenine 5b and eight of its regioisomers, among with the O8, 9-dimethyl isomer 9 was prepared for the first time in the present work, are summarized.