Synthesis of Novel Nucleoside 5′-Triphosphates and Phosphoramidites Containing Alkyne or Amino Groups for the Postsynthetic Functionalization of Nucleic Acids

Abstract

A series of novel nucleoside 5′-triphosphates and phosphoramidites containing alkyne or amino groups for the postsynthetic functionalization of nucleic acids were designed and synthesized. For this purpose, the new 3-aminopropoxypropynyl linker group was used. It contains two alternative functional capabilities: an amino group for the reaction of amino–alkynyl-modified oligonucleotides with corresponding activated esters and an alkyne group for the copper(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction. It was shown that a variety of methods of the attachment of the new linker can be used to synthesize a diversity of modified pyrimidine nucleosides.

Keywords:

• Modified nucleosides
• triphosphate analogues
• nucleoside synthesis
• modified oligonucleotides

Acknowledgments

The work was supported by the Interdisciplinary Integration Project of the Presidium of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences no. 88.

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