Ne. Poopeiko et al., SYNTHESIS, SOLUTION CONFORMATION AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF 2',3'-DIDEOXY-3'-FLUORO-D-ERYTHRO-PENTOFURANOSIDES OF 2-THIOURACIL AND 2-THIOTHYMINE, Nucleosides & nucleotides, 14(3-5), 1995, pp. 435-437
The synthesis of the alpha- and beta-anomers of 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluor
o-2-thiouridine and 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluoro-2-thiothymidine via Lewis
acid catalysed nucleoside condensation is described. High resolution H
-1 NMR data, solution conformations and biological properties are also
presented.