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5-Amino-1,2-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D-xylofuranose was reacted with eth
yl N-(carbamoylcyanomethyl)formimidate to give -5-deoxy-1,2-O-isopropy
lidene-alpha-D-xylofuranose which was deprotected and cyclised in acid
ic conditions to give beta-D-xylofuranosylamino)imidazole-4-carboxamid
e. For this novel cyclonucleoside analogue the rate oi hydrolysis of t
he glycosidic bond was measured and the conformation determined by mol
ecular modelling.