Preparation of oligodeoxyribonucleoside phosphoro-dithioates by a triester method
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 22 (10) , 1797-1804
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/22.10.1797
Abstract
A method to prepare thymidine phosphorodithioate dimers (ref. 1) has been extended to allow the preparation of oligo-2'-deoxyribonucleotide phosphorodithioates containing all four bases. The method is suitable for large-scale synthesis and gives phosphorodithioates without phosphorothioate impurities (31P nmr, detection limit 0.5 to 1%). Oligonucleotides up to octamers which contain -0-(PS2-)-0- linkages at all positions have been prepared by block synthesis in solution. The phosphorodithioate linkage is introduced by the reaction of a 5'-O, N-protected nucleoside (or oligonucleotide) with a dithiophosphorylating agent RSP(S)(ODhbt)2, R = 2,4-dichlorobenzyl, Dhbt = 3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-benzotriazin-3-yl, followed by coupling of the product to a 3'-O,N-protected nucleoside (or oligonucleotide). This method gives pure protected oligodeoxyribonucleoside phosphorodithioates, and phosphorothioate linkages are only introduced if contact with conc. aqueous ammonia during or after deblocking is unduly prolonged.Keywords
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