The Synthesis of 2',3'-Dideoxycytidine and Its 2'-Azido Analogue. Applications of the Deoxygenative -Hydride Shift of Sulfonates with Mg(OMe)2-NaBH4

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1987.2419

New synthetic routes to the title compounds from cytidine were developed.Key intermediates were prepared by the deoxygenative reduction of 3'-O-mesylcytidine derivatives with the title reagents in a one-pot procedure.