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J C Markley1, P Chirakul, D Sologub
1Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-1700, USA.
Abstract:
In an attempt to synthesize DNA containing 2'-deoxy-5-(trifluoromethyl)uridine (1) using previously published protocols, we found that the trifluoromethyl group converted into a cyano group, resulting in DNA containing 5-cyano-2'-deoxyuridine (3). We show that nucleoside 1 can be incorporated into DNA using phosphoramidite 2 in combination with acetyl-protected deoxycytidine and phenoxyacetyl-protected purine phosphoramidites. Replacing thymidine in DNA with 1 caused a slight decrease in DNA duplex stability at pH 6.9.
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