Sg. Zavgorodny et al., S,X-acetals in nucleoside chemistry. III. Synthesis of 2 '- and 3 '-O-azidomethyl derivatives of ribonucleosides, NUCLEOS NUC, 19(10-12), 2000, pp. 1977-1991
2'- and 3'-O-azidomethyl derivatives of ribonucleosides were obtained by sp
litting the corresponding methylthiomethyl derivatives of ribonucleosides w
ith bromine or SO2Cl2 followed by lithium azide treatment.