A simple approach to 1′,1′a-methano carbocyclic thymidine

Abstract

An enantioselective synthesis of 1′,1′a-methano carbocyclic thymidine, a rigid molecule that mimics thymidine's 2′-endo/3′-exo(South) conformation, is efficiently synthesized from chiral 2-benzyloxymethylcyciopent-3-enol.