Ar. Maguire et al., SYNTHETIC APPROACHES TOWARDS NUCLEOCIDIN AND SELECTED ANALOGS - ANTI-HIV ACTIVITY IN 4'-FLUORINATED NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (15), 1993, pp. 1795-1808
Nucleocidin 1 has been synthesised from the adenosine derivative 4 via
the intermediacy of the dihalogeno compound 9. The latter compound sh
owed slight but significant activity against HIV-infected cells while
the isomer 10 and the monohalogeno compound 60 were inactive. Syntheti
c approaches towards other 4'-fluorinated nucleoside derivatives are a
lso described. The epimeric 4'-fluorinated nucleosides 26 and 27 displ
ayed similar activity against HIV-infected cells to that observed for
the dihalogenated compound 9.