V. Boudou et al., A new and convenient approach for the synthesis of ribo- and 2 '-deoxyribo-beta-L-furanonucleosides starting from beta-L-xylofuranonucleosides, NUCLEOS NUC, 18(4-5), 1999, pp. 607-609
Ribo- and 2'-deoxyribo-beta-L-furanosyladenine have been synthesized. Altho
ugh these compounds have been already reported in the literature, it seemed
to us that a more convenient approach for their synthesis deserved to be d
eveloped. Intramolecular substitution as well as Mitsunobu reaction were us
ed to invert the configuration of carbon 3' of starting beta-L-xylofuranosy
l intermediates.