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. ... The anti-AIDS drug AZT is prepared in six steps in 44% overall yield starting from the readily available ribonucleoside 5-methyluridine. ... 1 H-NMR data for compound3 (DMSO-d 6 ) δ 1.57 (s, 3H), 2.55 (m, 2H), 3.32 (s, 3H), 4.45 (s, 1H), 4.48–4.60 (m, 2H), 5.47 (m, 1H), 6.22 (t, ...