D. Wolffkugel et S. Halazy, STUDIES TOWARDS THE SYNTHESIS OF THE SATURATED AND UNSATURATED CARBOCYCLIC METHYLENE PHOSPHONATE ANALOGS OF DIDEOXYADENOSINE, Nucleosides & nucleotides, 12(3-4), 1993, pp. 279-294
The synthesis of the saturated carbocyclic methylene phosphonate analo
g of ddAMP is described by two different methods (epoxyde opening and
''purinoselenylation''). Studies towards the formation of 2',3' unsatu
rated analogs by selenoxyde or mesylate elimination are also reported.