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Synthesis of carbocyclic analogues of thymidine. 2003

O R Ludek, and C Meier

Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

A new route towards an enantiomerically pure carbocyclic 2'-deoxyribonucleoside precursor was developed. After coupling with a nucleobase the product is easily accessible for further modifications at the 3'-hydroxy group.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009712	Nucleotides, Cyclic		Cyclic Nucleotide,Cyclic Nucleotides,Nucleotide, Cyclic
D003853	Deoxyribonucleosides	A purine or pyrimidine base bonded to DEOXYRIBOSE.
D006900	Hydroxylation	Placing of a hydroxyl group on a compound in a position where one did not exist before. (Stedman, 26th ed)	Hydroxylations
D013237	Stereoisomerism	The phenomenon whereby compounds whose molecules have the same number and kind of atoms and the same atomic arrangement, but differ in their spatial relationships. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)	Molecular Stereochemistry,Stereoisomers,Stereochemistry, Molecular,Stereoisomer
D013936	Thymidine	A nucleoside in which THYMINE is linked to DEOXYRIBOSE.	2'-Deoxythymidine,Deoxythymidine,2' Deoxythymidine
D018894	Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors	Inhibitors of reverse transcriptase (RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE), an enzyme that synthesizes DNA on an RNA template.	Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor,Inhibitors, Reverse Transcriptase,Inhibitor, Reverse Transcriptase,Transcriptase Inhibitor, Reverse