Seventeen compounds having a variety of substituents at the 3- and 5′-positions of 2′-deoxy-5-fluorouridine (5-FUdR) and 5-fluorouridine (5-FUR) were synthesized, and their γ-radiolysis in aqueous solutions were studied. The compounds having thioureido (RNHCSNH, R H, PhCH2, acyl) and thiocarbonylamino (XCSNH, X PhCH2S, PhO) groups at the 3-position of 5-FUdR were efficiently cleaved to give 5-FUdR