Nucleic Acids Research, 1983, Vol. 11, No. 23 8369-8387
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CHEMISTRY |
Rapid synthesis of long-chain deoxyribooligonucleotides by the N-methylimidazolide phosphotriester method
Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences Moscow 117988, USSR
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Received October 20, 1983. Accepted November 2, 1983.
A modified phosphotriester method has been employed for the efficient chemical synthesis of long-chain deoxyribooligonucleotides. During the course of this work, a general and rapid procedure was developed for the preparation of 2462-mers in solution. Preparative reversed phase column chromatography on silanized silica gel was used to purify triester intermediates starting from 10-mers. The rapid synthesis of 32-mar and 42-mer on glass and silica gel supports using suitably protected 28-mer blocks as coupling units has been also accomplished. In particular, a convenient procedure for the solid-phase synthesis of oligonucleotide blocks bearing 3'-terminal phosphodiester groups is described.