“…Stereochemically defined synthesis was attempted using the oxathiaphospholane approach. For that purpose, selected 3'-O-acylated deoxyribonucleoside-and 2',3'-O,O-diacylated ribonucleoside-5'-O-(4,4-pentamethylene-2-thioxo-1,3,2-oxathiaphospholane)s, 36 and 37, respectively, carrying bulky acyl substituent(s) (1,1'-biphenyl-4-carbonyl, naphthalene-2-carbonyl, adamantane-1-carbonyl, or (À)-camphanoyl), were separated into P-diastereoisomers either by open column chromatography or semi-preparative HPLC on silica gel columns [127]. One of them, i.e., 3'-O-camphanoylthymidine-5'-O-(4,4-pentamethylene-2-thioxo-1,3,2-oxathiaphospholane) (36a; X¼ (À)-camphanoyl; Scheme 9) was reacted with three anions of P-containing acid, furnishing thymidine 5'-O-(athiodiphosphate) (TDP aS, 38), thymidine 5'-O-(b,g-methylene-a-thiotriphosphate) (39), and thymidine 5'-O-(benzylphosphono-a-thiophosphate) (40) in a highly stereoselective manner.…”