Process for the preparation of 9-β-anomeric nucleoside analogs

Abstract

A process for substantially enhancing the regio and stereoselective synthesis of 9-β-anomeric nucleoside analogs is described. The introduction of the sugar moiety onto a 6-substituted purine base was preformed so that only the 9-β-D- or L-purine nucleoside analogs were obtained. This regio and stereoselective introduction of the sugar moiety allows the synthesis of nucleoside analogs and in particular 2'-deoxy, 3′-deoxy, 2′-deoxy-2′-β-fluoro and 2′,3′-dideoxy-2′-β-fluoro purine nucleoside analogs in high yield without virtually any formation of the 7-positional isomers. The compounds are drugs or intermediates to drugs.