Bl. Booth et Pr. Eastwood, SYNTHESIS OF PHA]-5-AMINO-[2,3-BIS(BENZOYLOXYMETHYL)CYCLOBUTYL] IMIDAZOLES - IMPORTANT PRECURSORS TO NEW ANTIVIRAL PURINE NUCLEOSIDES, Tetrahedron letters, 34(34), 1993, pp. 5503-5506
Two new carbocyclic imidazoles, 6 and 9 have been synthesised via a si
mple method from the corresponding formamidine 5; these intermediates
have been shown to be useful for the synthesis of new cyclobutyl nucle
oside analogues including the known bis-benzoyl cyclobut-A 11.