Abstract: | Several N1‐(2‐furanidyl)‐5‐fluorouracil derivatives of α‐hydroxythiophosphonates were synthesized via oxidation by Moffatt's method of N1‐(2‐furanidyl)‐N3‐(hydroxyalkyl)‐5‐fluorouracil, followed by the addition of diethyl thiophosphite. The phosphonate products were obtained by the oxidation of the corresponding thiophosphonates with m‐chloroperoxybenzoic acid. The crystal structure of compound 6a was determined by X‐ray diffraction. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 13:211–215, 2002; Published online in Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/hc.10021 |