Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan-Kettering Division of Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University , New York, NY, 10021, U.S.A.
Abstract:
Abstract 5-(β-D-Ribofuranosyl)nicotinamide (lie) and 6-(β-D-ribo-furanosyDpicolinamide (IId) and their corresponding o-isomers (III) were synthesized from ribonolactone. The C-nucleoside lie was further converted to its 5′-monophosphate Up which is isosteric to NMN Ip).