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Photocatalysed Addition of Alcohols to 5-Substituted 2,5-Dihydrofuran-2-ones: Novel Synthesis of (3'R)-2',3'-Dideoxy-3'-hydroxymethyl Nucleosides
Mann, John,Weymouth-Wilson, Alexander C.
, p. 3141 - 3148 (2007/10/02)
Methanol and propan-2-ol add in a regiospecific and higly stereocontrolled fashion to 5-substituted 2,5-dihydrofuran-2-ones (butenolides) under irradiation.The photoadducts with methanol have been converted into a number of (3'R)-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-hydroxymethyl nucleosides.