Upon reacting 3,5-
O-(di-
tert-butyl)silylene-4-thiofuranoid glycal
S-oxide (
6) with Ac
2O/TMSOAc/BF
3·OEt
2 in CH
2Cl
2, the additive Pummerer reaction proceeded to furnish the corresponding 1,2-di-
O-acetyl-4-thioribofuranose
7. Compound
7 serves as a highly β-selective glycosyl donor in the Vorbrggen condensation carried out in the presence of TMSOTf. Thus, the 4-thio-β-
d-ribofuranosyl derivatives of uracil, thymine,
N(4)-acetylcytosine, 6-chloropurine, and 2-amino-6-chloropurine were synthesized. The use of
7 can be extended to the β-selective synthesis of 4′-thio-
C-ribonucleosides.