Y. Elkattan et al., STEREOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF NEW CHIRAL ACYCLIC GUANINE NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGS, Bulletin de la Societe chimique de France, 131(2), 1994, pp. 118-120
Hitherto unknown 2',3'- and 3',4'-seco-nucleosides 10 and 14 that reta
in the carbon framework of guanosine but have a hydroxymethyl substitu
ent on the 4' or 5' position have been synthesized by ring opening of
a suitably protected 9-beta-D-galactopyranosyl guanine 5.