Process for preparing cedazuridine

Abstract

A one-pot process for preparing cedazuridine of formula (I), comprising: subjecting a compound of formula (M3) to deprotection and then epimerization in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst to obtain a reaction mixture comprising cedazuridine, wherein R on the compound of formula (M3) is independently selected from the group consisting of Ac (acetyl), Bz (benzoyl), p-nitrobenzoyl and OtBu (tert-butyloxycarbonyl), and the deprotection and epimerization are conducted in the same reactor without isolating after the deprotection and before the epimerization; and isolating cedazuridine from the reaction mixture.

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