L. Cappellacci et al., SYNTHESIS AND CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY OF SELENOPHENFURIN, A NEW INHIBITOR OF IMP DEHYDROGENASE, Nucleosides & nucleotides, 16(7-9), 1997, pp. 1045-1048
The synthesis of 5-beta-D-ribofuranosylselenophene-3-carboxamide (sele
nophenfurin) is reported. Selenophenfurin was found active as cytotoxi
c agent and as inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase inhibitor.