TY - JOUR TI - Furanyl nucleosides: synthesis and kinetics of their formation AU - Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu AU - Despoina Vrantza AU - Thanasis Gimisis JO - TETRAHEDRON LETTERS PY - 2004 VL - 45 TODO - 23 SP - 4515--4517 PB - ELSEVIER BV SN - 0040-4039 TODO - 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.04.045 TODO - Kinetics,Nucleosides,Reaction mechanism,[Furans TODO - The thermal reaction (at 140°C) of various 1′,2′-didehydro- 2′-deoxynucleosides afforded the corresponding furanyl nucleosides in good yields. The reaction kinetics were monitored by 1H NMR and the mechanism in terms of 'four-center complex fission' is discussed. {\textcopyright} 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ER -