Novel isomeric dideoxynucleosides of the D- and L-apiose family

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(93)88004-3

Short synthetic approaches to optically active, cis and trans dideoxynucleoside analogs of the D- and L-apiose family have been developed. The chiral precursor for the syntheses was the enzymatically prepared compound, S(-)-2-(2-propenyl)-1,3-propanediol monoacetate (5).