Abstract:
The invention concerns N-glycosylated derivatives of nitrogen nucleophile compounds. The invention also concerns a mild, cost effective, stereoselective, regioselective, and generally applicable method for the preparation of N-glycosides by N-glycosylation of azide and amide nucleophile compounds. The method employs iodine in a catalytic amount that uniquely does not pose an environmental hazard. The invention provides efficient access to key intermediates for the synthesis inter alia of analogs of AZT and DDI and for the synthesis of conventional N-nucleoside antibiotic drugs and their novel N-glycosylated analogs.