K. Hirota et al., Regioselective modification of the sugar moiety in pyrimidine nucleosides via a 4 ',5 '-dehydro-2 ',3 '-anhydrouridine intermediate, CHEM COMMUN, (18), 1999, pp. 1827-1828
3'-Substituted pyrimidine nucleoside derivatives are obtained in moderate t
o high yields by the reaction of 1-(2',3'-anhydro-5'-deoxy-4',5'-didehydro-
alpha-L-erythro-pentofuranosyl)uracil with nucleophiles without the formati
on of the corresponding 2'-adduct.