title: Improved synthesis of the two-photon caging group 3-nitro-2-ethyldibenzofuran and its application to a caged thymidine phosphoramidite.
abstract: A new and efficient route to the recently reported 3-nitro-2-ethyldibenzofuran caging group was developed. Furthermore, its installation on a thymidine phosphoramidite is described. This caging group is efficiently removed through light-irradiation at 365 nm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA.
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lusic
authors.forename: Rajendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uprety
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deiters
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D017785:Photons; D013938:Thymidine Monophosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; C434331:phosphoramidite; D013938:Thymidine Monophosphate; D004247:DNA; C105430:benzofuran