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Purify 2'-deoxycytidine by recrystallisation from MeOH/Et2O or EtOH and dry it in air. [NMR: Miles J Am Chem Soc 85 1007 1963, UV: Fox & Shugar Biochim Biophys Acta 9 369 1952.] The hydrochloride crystallises from H2O/EtOH and has m 174o(dec, 169-173o). [Walker & Butler Can J Chem 34 1168 1956.] The picrate has m 208o(dec). [Fox et al. J Am Chem Soc 83 4066 1961, Beilstein 25 III/IV 3662.]