Conversion of 2′-deoxyuridine into thymidine and related studies

1 January 1983

journal article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 16,p. 877-879
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39830000877

Abstract

Unprotected 2′-deoxyuridine is converted into thymidine in three steps by a procedure which is equally effective for the 5-methylation of uridine and even more effective for the conversion of 1-β-D-arabinofuranosyluracil into its 5-methyl derivative.

Keywords

DEOXYURIDINE
RELATED STUDIES
CONVERSION
THYMIDINE
STUDIES UNPROTECTED
EQUALLY EFFECTIVE
METHYL DERIVATIVE
PROCEDURE