Pyridine, hydrofluoride (1:1) → 2'Fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine

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2,2'-Cyclouridine is treated with a solution of 70% hydrogen fluoride/pyridine in dioxane at 120° C. for ten hours to provide after solvent removal a 75% yield of 2'-deoxy-2'-fluorouridine. The 5'-DMT and 3'-cyanoethoxydiisopropyl-phosphoramidite derivitized nucleoside is obtained by standard literature procedures [Gait, Ed., Oligonucleotide Synthesis. A Practical Approach, IRL Press, Washington, D.C. (1984)], or according to the procedure of Example 4-a.

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