The synthesis of gemcitabine

Gemcitabine is a fluorinated nucleoside currently administered against a number of cancers. It consists of a cytosine base and a 2-deoxy-2,2-difluororibose sugar. The synthetic challenges associated with the introduction of the fluorine atoms, as well as with nucleobase introduction of 2,2-difluorin...

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Main Authors: Brown, Kylie (Author), Dixey, Michael (Author), Weymouth-Wilson, Alex (Author), Linclau, Bruno (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014-03-31.
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