Novel pseudonucleosides with benzylamino group on 5′-position (4) were synthesized by using the microwave-assisted one-pot tandem Staudinger/aza-Wittig/reduction reaction in good yields of 55.2–71.7 % . The deacetylation of 4 afforded compounds 5. HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitory and antitumor activities were preliminarily evaluated with 5. The results showed that the new pseudonucleosides (5) could effectively inhibit HIV-1 RT activity, but no antitumor activity.