Synthesis of α- and β-D-carbaribofuranose from (+)-norborn-5-en-2-one

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(90)80170-Q

α- and β-D-carbaribofuranose 7 and 9, resp., are prepared from ( + )-norborn-5-en-2-one in a 6-step (8-step, resp.) synthetic sequence in 27% (13%, resp.) overall yield.