The diastereospecific chemical syntheses of uridine-3',4',5',5"-d(4), cylid
ine-3',4',5',5''-d(4), adenosine-3',4',5',5"-d4 and guanosine-3',4',5',5"-d
(4) (>97 atom % H-2 at C3', C4' and C5') have been achieved by condensation
of appropriately protected aglycone with 1-O-acetyl 2,3,5-tri-O-(4-toluoyl
)-alpha/beta-(D) under bar-ribofuranose-3,4,5,5'-d(4) (27), which has been
obtained in an overall yield of 20 % in 11 steps starting from 50 mmol of 2
: 5,6- Di-O-isopropylidene-alpha-(D) under bar-glucose. (C) 1999 Elsevier S
cience Ltd. All rights reserved.