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Nucleosides with cis- and trans-diol groups react differently with PPH3/diethyl azodicarboxylate: thus (1) gives the 2′,3′-phosphorane (2), whereas the two trans-diols give the oxirane (3) (A=adenyl).
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Mengel et al. (1978) studied this question.
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