“…Deprotection of nucleosides 2a-e in methanolic ammonia gave the fully unprotected derivatives 3a-c,f,g, while the base protected benzoylated derivatives 3d,e were obtained when 2d,e were treated with NaOH-ethanol-pyridine [10,11,14]. Subsequently, the tosylated derivatives 4a-e, after treatment with potassium thioacetate in hot N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) [36][37][38], were converted into the corresponding thioacetates, 1-(2,4-di-O-acetyl-6-S-acetyl-3-deoxy-3-fluoro-6thio-b-D-glucopyranosyl)thymine (5a), 1-(2,4-di-O-acetyl-6-S-acetyl-3-deoxy-3-fluoro-6-thio-b-D-glucopyranosyl)uracil (5b), 1-(2,4di-O-acetyl-6-S-acetyl-3-deoxy-3-fluoro-6-thio-b-D-glucopyranosyl)5-fluorouracil (5c), 1-(2,4-di-O-acetyl-6-S-acetyl-3-deoxy-3fluoro-6-thio-b-D-glucopyranosyl)-N 4 -benzoyl cytosine (5d) and 9-(2,4-di-O-acetyl-6-S-acetyl-3-deoxy-3-fluoro-6-thio-b-D-glucopyranosyl)-N 6 -benzoyl adenine (5e), respectively. Subsequently, the tosylated derivatives 4a-e, after treatment with potassium thioacetate in hot N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) [36][37][38], were converted into the corresponding thioacetates, 1-(2,4-di-O-acetyl-6-S-acetyl-3-deoxy-3-fluoro-6thio-b-D-glucopyranosyl)thymine (5a), 1-(2,4-di-O-acetyl-6-S-acetyl-3-deoxy-3-fluoro-6-thio-b-D-glucopyranosyl)uracil (5b), 1-(2,4di-O-acetyl-6-S-acetyl-3-deoxy-3-fluoro-6-thio-b-D-glucopyranosyl)5-fluorouracil (5c), 1-(2,4-di-O-acetyl-6-S-acetyl-3-deoxy-3fluoro-6-thio-b-D-glucopyranosyl)-N 4 -benzoyl cytosine (5d) and 9-(2,4-di-O-acetyl-6-S-acetyl-3-deoxy-3-fluoro-6-thio-b-D-glucopyranosyl)-N 6 -benzoyl adenine (5e), respectively.…”