Ad. Dasilva et al., EXPEDITIOUS ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF CARBOCYCLIC NUCLEOSIDES WITH ANTILEISHMANIAL ACTIVITY, Tetrahedron letters, 34(42), 1993, pp. 6745-6748
A short synthesis of the neplanocin A analogue 1, lacking the hydroxym
ethylene at C-4 of the parent naturally occurring carbocyclic nucleosi
de, is described. Moreover, the non toxic noraristeromycin 3, an inter
mediate in the synthetic scheme, was shown to exhibit a promising anti
-leishmanial activity.