Synthesis and anti-HIV activity of 4'-azido- and 4'-methoxynucleosides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jm00086a013

A series of nucleosides were synthesized in which the 4'-hydrogen was substituted with either an azido or a methoxy group. The key steps in the syntheses of the 4'-azido analogues were the stereo- and regioselective addition of iodine azide to a 4'-unsatu