A convenient method for the conversion of β-thymidine to α-thymidine based on TMSOTf-mediated C1′-epimerization
作者:Yuichi Sato、Gohsuke Tateno、Kohji Seio、Mitsuo Sekine
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(02)00411-2
日期:2002.4
A practically useful method for the synthesis of alpha-thymidine from beta-thymidine was developed by trimethylsilyl triflate-mediated C1'-epimerization. When 5'-O-diphenylacetyl-3'-O-toluoylthmidine was trimethylsilylated and successively treated with TMSOTf in acetonitrile, the resulting a-thymidine derivative was crystallized and isolated without silica-gel column chromatography. Deprotection gave unprotected alpha-thymidine in an overall yield of 50% from beta-thymidine. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.