Trityl chloride → 2'-Deoxy-5'-O-(triphenylmethyl)uridine

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A solution of (50 g, 0.22 mole) of 2'-deoxyuridine and 62 g (0.22 mole) of trityl chloride in 350 ml of dry pyridine was placed in a preheated (100° C.) flask and stirred at 100° C. under an air condenser for two hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and slowly poured into 4 L of vigorously stirred ice-water. The solid obtained was filtered, washed with water until free from pyridine, and dissolved in chloroform and dried (Na2SO4 or MgSO4). Filtration and evaporation of chloroform yielded the 5'-O-trityl-2'-deoxyuridine product as an syrup (96 g, 93%), which was used for the next reaction without further purification.

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