1. Department of Chemistry , Odense University , DK-5230, Odense M, Denmark;2. Retrovirus Laboratory, Department of Virology, States Seruminstitut. Artillerivej , 5, DK-2300, Copenhagen, Denmark
Abstract:
Abstract The stereoselective synthesis of 3′-C-hydroxymethylthymidine (5) in five steps from thymidine has been accomplished and this nucleoside has been incorporated into oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) in different ways.