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 anodically generated “halonium” species with pyrimidine bases and nucleosides leads to 5-halo compounds in good yields. ... By electrochemical halogenation of compounds 1–11 the following compounds were isolated: 1a (77% yield), 1b (81), 1c (80,84a), 2a ...