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4-Thio furanoid glycals with different types of O-silyl protection hav
e been prepared from benzyl nzyl-2-deoxy-1,4-dithio-D-erythro-pentofur
anoside. Face-selectivity for PhSeCl- or N-iodosuccimide-initiated add
ition of a pyrimidine base to the thioglycal was found to be controlle
d by O-silyl protecting groups. Using the thioglycal protected with a
3,5-O-di-t-butylsilyl group, a highly stereoselective synthesis of bet
a-2'-deoxy-4'-thio pyrimidine nucleosides has been accomplished. (C) 1
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