Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Reaction of O-mesylcyanohydrins of furanos-3′-ulosyl thymine with bases afforded β-d-xylo- and ribo-3′-substituted nucleosides. 2′-Deoxygenation of the selectively 5′-O-protected nucleoside gave the ribofuranosyl derivative of thymidine. ... DD Richman, MA Fischl, MH ...