An efficient and high yield protocol for the synthesis and separation of 3'- and/or 5'-protected
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-2'-deoxynucleosides has been developed through regioselective acylation/deacylation processes catalyzedby enzymes.
Pseudomonas cepacia lipase (PSL-C) was found to be highly chemo- and regioselectivetoward the 3'-position of the
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-2'-deoxynucleoside derivatives, whereas PSL-C displayed oppositeselectivity toward the 5'-position for the corresponding
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-anomer. The successful application of thisprotocol was demonstrated by a convenient separation of an
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-mixture of thymidine derivatives froman industrial waste stream. Furthermore, this technique was also applied for the separation of an anomericmixture of 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-
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-arabinonucleosides that are useful building blocks for the antisenseconstructs.