β-Amino esters prepared from activated exo-glycals are transformed into acyclicC-nucleoside with a C-4-substituted uracil derivative that can be cyclized under Mitsunobu conditions to provide a new family of fused-ring analogues of uridine nucleoside in which the N-1 nitrogen atom is embedded in an imino sugar ring. An analogue of uridine of d-ribo configuration is prepared.