Synthesis of 2,2,3-tris(hydroxymethyl)methylenecyclopropane analogues of nucleosides

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-402

  Zhou, Shaoman ^a   Zemlicka, Jiri ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylation elimination; Antivirals; Nucleoside analogues; Tris(hydroxymethyl)methylenecyclopropanes

Indexed keywords

9 [[1,2,2 TRIS(HYDROXYMETHYL)CYCLOPROPYLIDENE]METHYL]ADENINE; 9 [[1,2,2 TRIS(HYDROXYMETHYL)CYCLOPROPYLIDENE]METHYL]GUANINE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DEACETYLATION; DECHLORINATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ISOMERIZATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN;

ADENINE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CYCLOPROPANES; NUCLEOSIDES;

EID: 34247867919     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770701297000     Document Type: Article

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