quality and were used without further purification, unless described
otherwise. Unless otherwise stated, all reactions were carried out
under an inert atmosphere of argon. 1H, 13C,
and 31P NMR spectra were collected on a Varian Mercury
400 MHz or Bruker Avance III 500 MHz spectrometer. All 1H and 13C NMR assignments are based on gCOSY, gHMBC, gHSQC,
and DEPT-135 experiments. Abbreviations for splitting patterns are
as follows: b, broad; s, singlet; d, doublet; t, triplet; m, multiplet.
Coupling constants are given in hertz (Hz). High resolution time-of-flight
mass spectra were obtained on a Bruker Daltonics micrOTOF mass spectrometer
using electrospray ionization (ESI). The purity of new tested compounds
was determined to be ≥95% by analytical HPLC. Analytical HPLC
analyses were carried out on a Waters 2695 Alliance module equipped
with a Waters 2996 photodiode array detector (210–350 nm).
The chromatographic system consisted of a Hichrom Guard column for
HPLC and a Phenomenex Synergi 4 μm MAX-RP 80A column (150 mm
× 4.60 mm), with elution at 1 mL/min with the following ion-pair
buffer: 0.17% (m/v) cetrimide and 45% (v/v) phosphate buffer (pH 6.4)
in MeOH. Synthetic phosphates were assayed and quantified by the Ames
phosphate test.57 (link)