4-Methylbenzoyl Chloride → 2',3'-Dideoxy-3'-fluoro-5'-O-p-toluoyluridine

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To a stirred solution of 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluorouridine (1 g, 4.34 mmoles) in dry pyridine (25 ml) at 0° C. was slowly added freshly distilled p-toluoyl chloride (0.63 ml, 4.78 mmoles). After the addition was complete, the mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 1.5 hrs., cooled and the solvent removed under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in chloroform (35 ml) and the solution extracted with 1M sulphuric acid (2×20 ml), water (2×30 ml) and dried (sodium sulphate). Evaporation of the solvent and purification of the residue by silica column chromatography eluting with 5% MeOH/CH2Cl2 afforded the title compound.

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