S. Lavaire et al., 3'-DEOXY-3'-C-TRIFLUOROMETHYL NUCLEOSIDES - SYNTHESIS AND ANTIVIRAL EVALUATION, Nucleosides & nucleotides, 17(12), 1998, pp. 2267-2280
2',3'-Dideoxy-3'-C-trifluoromethylthymidine 9a and -uridine 9b and 3'-
C-trifluoromethyl-d(4)T 11 were prepared in a few steps from 3'-deoxy-
3'-C-trifluoromethyl-D-ribose, which synthesis was recently reported.
The biological assessment of these nucleoside analogues did not reveal
interesting antiviral properties against HIV-1, HSV-1, CMV, Vaccine,
and Cox B4.