Ne. Poopeiko et al., SYNTHESIS, CONFORMATION AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF 2',3'-DIDEOXY-3'-FLUORO-5-CHLORO-4-THIOURIDINE POTENTIAL ANTI-HIV AGENT, Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 61, 1996, pp. 16-19
Regioselective synthesis of 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluoro-5-chloro-4-thiouri
dine, a potential anti retroviral agent, via sequential modification o
f the sugar moiety and the base of 2',5'-di-O-benzoyl-3'-deoxy-3'-fluo
rouridine, is described. Solution conformations, and interactions with
thymidine phosphorylase. of several 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluoronucleoside
s are also reponed.