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Published on: September 21, 2017
Design and synthesis of LNA-based mercaptoacetamido-linked nucleoside dimers
Vivek K Sharma1, Sunil K Singh, Kapil Bohra
1Bioorganic Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Abstract:
Three LNA-based mercaptoacetamido-linked nonionic nucleoside dimers TL-S-T, T-S-TL, and TL-S-TL have been synthesized by HOBT and HBTU catalyzed condensation of silyl-protected 2-S-(thymidin-5 '-yl)mercaptoacetic acid or 2-S-(2 '-O,4 '-C-methylenethymidin-5 '-yl)mercaptoacetic acid with 3 '-amino-3 '-deoxy-5 '-O-DMT-2 '-O,4 '-C-methylenethymidine or with 3 '-amino-3 '-deoxy-5 '-O-DMT-β-thymidine followed by desilylation of the protected dimers. The 3 '-O-phosphoramidite derivative of one of the nucleoside dimers was successfully prepared by condensation with [P(-Cl)(-OCH2CH2CN)-N(iPr)2}] in DCM in the presence of N,N-diisopropylethylamine (DIPEA), which is a building block for the preparation of mercaptoacetamido-linked oligonucleotides of therapeutic applications.

