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Chemical synthesis of 4 (see SI Text). Furfuryl ester (5) is treated with mCPBA to generate the reactive adehyde (6). Reaction of dCyd with 6 produces cytosine adduct 7, which upon deacetylation gives rise to the four isomers of 4 (dR = 2-deoxyribose).
