title: Synthesis and selective cleavage of an oligodeoxynucleotide containing a bridged internucleotide 5'-phosphorothioate linkage.
abstract: A self complementary oligodeoxynucleotide dodecamer containing an achiral bridged 5'-phosphorothioate linkage 3'-O-P-S-5' has been prepared using the solid phase phosphoramidite procedure. For the incorporation of the phosphorothioate link we have used a 5'-(S-trityl)-mercapto-5'-deoxythymidine-3'-phosphoramidite. After coupling this building block the S-trityl group was removed by silver ions. The free thiol moiety was then coupled with a standard phosphoramidite in the presence of tetrazole. After oxidation of the 5'-phosphorothioite with iodine/water the synthesis was continued with standard building blocks up to the desired dodecamer. This backbone modified dodecamer can be cleaved selectively and quantitatively at the P-S bond by silver or mercuric ions under very mild conditions.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, FRG.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mag
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lüking
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Engels
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013936:Thymidine / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D013873:Thionucleotides; D013936:Thymidine