Condensation of the chloromercuri derivative of 6-methylmercaptop~ rine~ with 2, 3, 5-tri-O- acetyl-D-ribosyl chloride followed by deacetylation gave 43y0 of purified 6-methylmercapto- 9-/3-~-ribofuanosylpurine (11). The position and configuration of the glycosyl substituent in I1 was established by dethiolation with Raney nickel, from which 9-PD-ribofuranosylpurinea was isolated in 65% yield. Reaction of I1 with furfurylamine, using the method of Hitchings, ...
[Fairlamb, Ian J. S.; Marrison, Lester R.; Dickinson, Julia M.; Lu, Feng-Ju; Schmidt, Jan Peter Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2004 , vol. 12, # 15 p. 4285 - 4299]
