Abstract

The phosphoramidite of 2'-deoxytubercidin ( 2) has been prepared by phosphitylation of compound 3b with chlorodiisopropylaminomethoxyphosphane. The intermediate 3b was obtained from 2'-deoxytubercidin ( 1) by N 4-benzoylation and subsequent O-5'-dimethoxytritylation. Condensation of compound 2 with O-3'-silylated 3e gave the fully protected dimer 4b, which was converted into 2'-deoxytubercidylyl (3' → 5')-2'-deoxytubercidin( 4a). Compound 4a isoster with 2'-deoxyadenosylyl(3' → 5')-2'-deoxyadenosine (d(ApA)) exhibits a hypochromicity of 11% (270 nm) due to strong stacking interactions. Cleavage of the dinucleoside monophosphate 4a with nuclease S 1 occurs five times faster than that of d(ApA). This shows that the single strand specific enzyme recognises the geometry of the stacked nucleobases.

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