T. Gimisis et al., RADICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF NUCLEOSIDES WITH (ME(3)SI)(3)SIH - GENERATION OF A C-1' RADICAL THROUGH 1,2-MIGRATION OF AN ACYLOXY GROUP, Tetrahedron letters, 36(37), 1995, pp. 6781-6784
A number of nucleoside substrates has been reduced under free radical
conditions with tris(trimethylsilyl)silane. In one case a novel type o
f a beta-(acyloxy)alkyl radical rearrangement has been observed, which
leads through the generation of a C-1' radical species to the stereos
elective preparation of an alpha-ribonucleoside. The rate of the above
12-migration has been estimated, and a comparison with previously rep
orted results has been made.