High yield protection of purine ribonucleosides for H-phosphonate RNA synthesis

Xiaohu Zhang, José Luis Abad, Qingtao Huang, Fan Zeng, Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones

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Abstract

We report a new method for protecting nucleosides for hydrogen phosphonate RNA synthesis that gives very high yields for the purines. This method is based on our finding that, for adenosine and guanosine, silylation of a mixture of 2' and 3'H-phosphonates in the presence of DBU is highly selective for the 2' hydroxyl.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7135-7138
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume38
Issue number41
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 13 1997

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biochemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Organic Chemistry

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