Facile syntheses of pseudo-α-D-arabinofuranose, and two pseudo-D-arabinofuranosylnucleosides, (+)-cyclaradine and (+)-1-pseudo-β-D-arabinofuranosyluracil, from D-arabinose

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)89611-3

An optically active pseudo-sugar, pseudo-α-D-arabinofuranose, was efficiently synthesized from D-arabinose by using a stereoselective nitromethane addition reaction to form a branched nitropyranose (6) as a key step. Furthermore, two biologically active p