S. Janardhanam et Kp. Nambiar, EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF ALPHA-PURINE NUCLEOSIDES OF 2-DEOXYRIBOFURANOSE AND 2-DEOXYRIBOPYRANOSE, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (8), 1994, pp. 1009-1010
A high yield synthesis of cr-purine nucleosides of 2-deoxyribofuranose
and 2-deoxyribopyranose is reported starting from 1,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-
2-deoxyribofuranose and 1,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxyribopyranose with si
lylated purines under Lewis acid (SnCl4) catalysed conditions.