Synthesis of Oligonucleotides Containing 5-(Hydroxymethyl)-2'-deoxyuridine at Defined Sites
Lawrence C Sowers1, G Peter Beardsley1
1Division of Pediatrics, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, California 91010, and Departments of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
|July 21, 2022
Abstract:
A method is described for the solid-phase synthesis of oligonucleotides containing the DNA oxidation damage product, 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (HMdU) at selected sites using a phosphoramidite synthon regiospecifically protected on the 5-(hydroxymethyl) group.
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