Cr. Johnson et al., CHEMOENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF 4-SUBSTITUTED RIBOSES - S-(4'-METHYLADENOSYL)-L-HOMOCYSTEINE, Journal of organic chemistry, 59(20), 1994, pp. 5854-5855
The synthesis of 4-C-methyl-D-ribose, 4-C-methyl-D-ribose, D-ribose-4-
d, and L-ribose derivatives as well as the title nucleoside by a chemo
enzymatic strategy beginning from cyclopentadiene is described.