Taisuke Itaya and Tsunehiro Harada
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1984, 858-859
DOI:
10.1039/C39840000858,
Paper
The glycosidic bond of 3-β-D-ribofuranosylwye (1) has been found to undergo not only hydrogen ion catalysed cleavage but also general base catalysed or nucleophilic cleavage; steric assistance has been shown to account for its unusual susceptibility to acid.
