A stereocontrolled method for the synthesis of D- and L-2-deoxy-C-nucleosides using an intramolecular Sakurai-type

Rebecca R Midtkandal1, Simon J F Macdonald, Marie E Migaud

  • 1Queen's University Belfast, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Belfast, BT9 5AG, UK.

Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|May 21, 2010
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