Formycin is a naturally occurring biologically responsive C-nucleoside. In pursuing the design and syntheses of novel C-nucleosides, convenient access to carbocyclic C- nucleosides based on the formycin framework was a goal. One such target was carbocyclic 4′-epi-formycin (4). This compound is reported via a procedure based on an asymmetric aldol/ring closure metathesis strategy. To provide a preliminary glimpse into the biological ...
[Peng, Lee F.; Stanton, Benjamin Z.; Maloof, Nicole; Wang, Xiang; Schreiber, Stuart L. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2009 , vol. 19, # 22 p. 6319 - 6325]