K. Gao et Le. Orgel, A convenient synthesis of a novel nucleoside analogue: 4-(alpha-diformyl-methyl)-1-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-2-pyrimidinone, NUCLEOS NUC, 19(5-6), 2000, pp. 935-940
The nucleoside analogue 4-(alpha-diformyl-methyl)-1-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-
2-pyrimidinone (5) was prepared from the corresponding 4-methyl pyrimidinon
e nucleoside by means of the Vilsmeier reaction. The unprotected nucleoside
can be phosphorylated directly with phosphorus oxychloride in triethyl pho
sphate.