J. Mann, A. Weymouth-Wilson
1994
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Journal of The Chemical Society-perkin Transactions 1
Abstract
Methanol and propan-2-ol add in a regiospecific and highly stereocontrolled fashion to 5-substituted 2,5-dihydrofuran-2-ones (butenolides) under irradiation. The photoadducts with methanol have been converted into a number of (3′R)-2′,3′-dideoxy-3′-hydroxymethyl nucleosides.