New synthesis of both D- and L-3-O-carbamoyl-2-deoxy-4-thioribosides, substrates for β-selective glycosylations

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(96)00139-6

A new route to intermediates for the synthesis of 2'-deoxy-4'-thionucleosides is described. By utilising enantiomeric erythro-dibenzyldithioacetals, both D- and L-3-O-(N-acyl)carbamoyl thiosugars, which give β-selective glycosylations, are readily produced.