Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... An efficient synthesis of (±)-carbovir 1 and simple des(hydroxymethyl) analogues, eg, 5, is reported which uses a new approach for attaching nucleoside bases to cycloalkene systems. ... An efficient synthesis of (±)-carbovir 1 and simple des(hydroxymethyl) analogues, eg, 5, is reported ...