Jj. Huang et al., SYNTHESIS OF (+ -1-[2-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-1,3-OXATHIOLAN-5-YL]CYTOSINE AND ITS (+/-)-TRANS ISOMER/, Nucleosides & nucleotides, 14(1-2), 1995, pp. 195-207
The title compounds were synthesized by the formation of 2-[(benzyloxy
)methyl] -1,3-oxathiolan-5-one and subsequent DIBALH reduction, acetyl
ation, coupling with 1,2-dihydro-2-oxo-4-pyrimidinyl)-2-ethylhexanamid
e and deprotection.