... This observation led us to employ other Lewis acids. ... Figure 4. 4′-Thio-C-nucleosides 20β and 21β. ... observed highly stereoselective C-glycosidation encouraged us to synthesize the 4′-thio-counterpart of tiazofurin, which is known as a synthetic C-nucleoside having antitumor ...
[Pontiggia, Rodrigo; Pontiggia, Osvaldo; Simian, Marina; Montserrat, Javier M.; Engels, Joachim W.; Iribarren, Adolfo M. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2010 , vol. 20, # 9 p. 2806 - 2808]