Diastereoselective synthesis of d-xylo-isoxazolidinyl nucleosides

The condensation of the acetoxyisoxazolidines with silylated uracil, thymine, cytosine, N-acetylcytosine, and guanine proceeded in good yields and with moderate to good stereoselectivity to give isoxazolidinyl β- and α-nucleosides. The stereoselectivity of the addition is dependent on the structure of the substituent at C-3 originating from the starting chiral nitrone. The Vorbrüggen nucleosidation of isoxazolidine 8 at 70 °C afforded β-anomers as the exclusive nucleosides together with the isoxazoline 11. It was found that the nucleosidation proceeded also in methylene chloride at room temperature.