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Keywords:

  • Alkoxypurines;
  • Aryloxypurines;
  • DNA adducts;
  • DNA damage;
  • Heterocycles

Abstract

A series of O6-alkyl and -arylguanine derivatives that may be formed in vivo after exposure to styrene has been prepared by reaction of 6-(4-aza-1-azoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octyl)-purine with alkoxides and aryloxides, respectively. Themonoprotected diols 2-allyloxy- or 2-benzyloxy-1-phenylethanol and 2-allyloxy- or 2-benzyloxy-2-phenylethanol were used as synthetic equivalents of styrene 7,8-oxide. 4-Vinylphenol, 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanol and 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid were used as synthetic equivalents of arene oxide metabolites of styrene, i. e., styrene 3,4-oxide, 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)benzene 1,2-oxide and 4-carboxymethylbenzene 1,2-oxide, respectively. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)