alpha,beta-Difluoromethylene deoxynucleoside 5'-triphosphates (dNTPs, N = A or C) are advantageously obtained via phosphorylation of corresponding dNDP analogues using catalytic ATP, PEP, nucleoside diphosphate kinase, and pyruvate kinase. DNA pol beta K-d values for the alpha,beta-CF2 and unmodified dNTPs, alpha,beta-NH dUTP, and the alpha,beta-CH2 analogues of dATP and dGTP are discussed in relation to the conformations of alpha,beta-CF2 dTTP versus alpha,beta-NH dUTP bound into the enzyme active site.