Ak. Das et al., 3'-DEOXY-2',3'-DIFLUOROTHYMIDINE, A NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 52, 1996, pp. 2615-2616
The title compound, 1-(2,3-dideoxy-2, 3-difluoro-beta-D-ribopentofuran
osyl)thymine, C10H12F2N2O4, consists of an almost planar heterocyclic
base moiety oriented anti with respect to a puckered sugar moiety. The
sugar pucker is T-2(3) and the N-glycosidic torsion angle is -119.6(2
)degrees. The conformation of the O5' atom is +sc and the molecules ar
e held together by a network of N-H ... O and O-H ... O hydrogen bonds
.