1991 Volume 39 Issue 7 Pages 1682-1688
Reductive amido bond cleavage reaction, previously elaborated by our laboratory for the synthesis of carbocyclic ribothymidine from readily available 2-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-one, was successfully applied to the synthesis of carbocyclic analogues of thymidine and related compounds.