This invention relates to a new synthetic process for the manufacture of zidovudine from the starting material D-xylose involving:
i) Conversion of D-xylose to a 1-(β-D-xylofuranosyl)thymine derivative;ii) 2′-Deoxygenation of the thymine derivative; andiii) 3′-Azidation of the 2′-deoxy compound.
This invention relates to a new synthetic process for the manufacture of zidovudine from the starting material D-xylose involving: (i) Conversion of D-xylose to a 1-(.beta.-D-xylofuranosyl)thymine derivative: (ii) 2'-Deoxygenation of the thymaine derivative; and (iii) 3'-Azidation of the 2'-deoxy compound.