Geh. Elgemeie et al., GLYCOSIDES OF HETEROCYCLES - A DIRECT ROUTE TO 1-(BETA-D-GLYCOPYRANOSYL)PYRIDINETHIONE NUCLEOSIDES, Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, (9), 1994, pp. 955-958
A novel synthesis of 1-(beta-D-glycopyranosyl)pyridinethione nucleosid
es 6 utilizing pyridine-2(1H)-thiones 3 and alpha-halogeno sugars 4 as
starting components is reported.