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An efficient asymmetric synthesis of abacavir has been reported: Acylation of the chiral oxazolidinone (I) with the mixed anhydride (II) by means of BuLi in THF gives the N-pentenoyloxazolidinone (III), which by condensation with acrolein (IV) catalyzed by TiCl4 and (­)-spartein in dichloromethane yields the chiral adduct (V). The ring-closing metathesis of adduct (V) by means of the ruthenium catalyst (Cy3P)Cl2Ru=CHPh in dichloromethane affords the chiral cyclopentenol (VI), which is reduced to 5(R)-(hydroxymethyl)-2-cyclopenten-1(R)-ol (VII) by means of LiBH4 in THF. Reaction of diol (VII) with a) Ac2O, TEA and DMAP, b) methyl chloroformate, TEA and DMAP or c) methyl chloroformate, pyridine and DMAP gives a) the diacetate (VIII), b) the cyclic carbonate (IX) or c) the dicarbonate (X), respectively. The condensation of diacetate (VIII), cyclic carbonate (IX) or dicarbonate (X) with 2-amino-6-chloropurine (XI) by means of Pd(PPh3)4 yields the carbocyclic purines (XII), (XIII) or (XIV), respectively. Treatment of these chloro-purines (XII), (XIII) and (XIV) with cyclopropylamine (XV) in hot DMSO provides the corresponding cyclopropylaminopurine carbonate (XVI), abacavir or cyclopropylaminopurine acetate (XVII), respectively. Finally, the protecting groups of purines (XVI) and (XVII) are hydrolyzed with aqueous NaOH.