Abstract
Four classes of 6-X-benzylated purine nucleosides, (i) 6-N-(substituted-benzyl)adenosines, (ii) 6-N-(4-nitrobenzyl)adenine nucleosides with modified sugars, (iii) 6-N(S)-(4-azidobenzyl) derivatives of adenosine, 6-thioinosine, and 6-thioguanosine, and (iv) 6-N-{4-N-[acyl(sulfonyl)amino]benzyl}adenosines, were synthesized and their binding interactions with “es-NT” ( e quilibrative, inhibitor-sensitive nucleoside transport) systems were studied. Several tight-binding analogues were found.