Efficient synthesis of oligoribonucleotide and its phosphorothioate analogue using H-phosphonate approach

Abstract

Efficient solid phase synthesis of oligoribonucleotide and its phosphorothioate analogue is described that utilizes the dimethoxytrityl (DMTr) for 5′-protection and t-butyldimethylsilyl (t-BDMS) group for 2′-protection of ribonucleoside monomers and the H-phosphonate coupling procedure. The synthetic cycles have been optimised to use only 8–10 fold excess of monomer at each coupling step, leading to an average coupling yield of 97%.