Introduction of 3'-terminal nucleosides having a silyl-type linker into polymer supports without base protection
Akihiro Ohkubo1, Yasuhiro Noma, Katsufumi Aoki
1Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.
Abstract:
New 3'-terminal deoxyribonucleoside-loading reagents having a silyl-type linker were developed. They were effectively introduced into polymer supports under the conditions of Huisgen [3 + 2] cycloaddition without base protection. Moreover, four unmodified DNA oligomers d[TACCTAAATCCAX] (X = T, A, C, and A) and a base-labile modified DNA 12mer d[A*C*T*C*C*GT*C*T*A*C*G] 16 (A* = 6-N-acetyl-8-aza-7-deaza-2'-deoxyadenosine, C* = 4-N-acetyl-2'-deoxyctydine, T* = 2-thio-T) were successfully synthesized by cleavage of the silyl-type linker using Bu(4)NF under neutral conditions in our N-unprotected phosphoramidite method. In this paper, we also report a new reaction of chlorination of cytosine base using 1,3-dichloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin.
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