Abstract Nucleobase-anion glycosylation (KOH, tris [2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethyl] amine (TDA- 1), MeCN) of the pyrrolo [2, 3-d] pyrimidines 4a–d with 5-O-[(1, 1-dimethylethyl) dimethylsilyl]- 2, 3-O-(1-methylethylidene)-α-D-ribo-furanosyl chloride (5) gave the protected β-D- nucleosides 6a–d stereoselectively (Scheme 1). Contrary, the β-D-halogenose 8 yielded the corresponding α-D-nucleosides (9a and 9b) apart from minor amounts of the β-D-anomers ...