J. Wolf et al., NEW SYNTHETIC ROUTES FOR THE PREPARATION OF 2'-C-METHYLENE NUCLEOSIDES, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, (11), 1998, pp. 2417-2423
Two new routes to 2',3'-dideoxy-2'-C-methylene nucleoside analogs have
been developed. The first is based upon the coupling reaction of a 1-
O-acetyl 2-C-(methylphenylsulfinyl) sugar with a silylated base under
Vorbruggen conditions, followed by thermal elimination of phenylsulfin
ic acid. The second route involved a condensation of a silylated base
with a (pi-allyl)palladium complex derived from a 2-C-acetoxy-methyl f
uranoid glycal.