Sodium Methoxide → HCID 11791428, compound

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1-(2',3',5'-tri-O-benzoyl-β-D-arabinofuranosyl)-2-nitroimidazole (150 mg, 0.27 mmol) was added to 2.5 ml of 0.025 M methanolic sodium methoxide. The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for three hours and then purified by preparative TLC using chloroform:methanol (6:1) to give 36 mg (54.6%) of the title product as white needles, mp 172° C.

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