The Synthesis of 1′-Methyl Carbocyclic Thymidine and its Effect on Nucleic Acid Duplex Stability

Abstract
The enantioselective synthesis of the title compound 1 has been accomplished in 18 chemical steps starting from cyclopentadiene via epoxide 2 and amine 9 as the central key intermediates. Oligodeoxyribonucleotides incorporating several modified building blocks 1 are still capable of hybridizing to complementary RNA, albeit with lower affinity than their natural counterparts.

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