• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.668-672
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• 2004

This paper reports the stereoselective synthesis of a novel nucleoside, 4'-methyl branched and bicyclo [3.1.0] hexane locked-nucleoside 12, using a sequential [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement/carbene cycloaddition reaction/Curtius reaction strategy with a high stereoselectivity.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.54 no.6
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• pp.474-480
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• 2010

Conformationally locked nucleosides are important in searching selective agonists and antagonists for P2Y receptors. There were two previous synthetic works of the crucial intermediate, cyclopentenyl alcohol (3), which had some inefficiency like using too strong dianionic base and synthesis of racemate. Here we describes a facile synthesis of the intermediate using Sharpless epoxidation and the opening of epoxide ring using zinc, followed by Grubb's metathesis as key steps. The intermediate was converted to the southern bicyclo[3.2.0]heptane for confirming its usefulness.