Takamatsu Satoshi, Katayama Satoshi, Naito Masaki, Yamashita Keizo, Ineyama Takashi, Izawa Kunisuke
AminoScience Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Japan.
Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2003 May-Aug;22(5-8):711-3. doi: 10.1081/NCN-120022616.
A facile method for the synthesis of 3'-alpha-fluoro-2',3'-dideoxyadenosine (5) has been developed using a novel rearrangement of 3'-beta-bromine to the 2'-beta position during 3'-alpha fluorination.