Abstract

The solid phase syntheses of the bunch oligonucleotides and based on the sequences of the natural oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) d(TG2TG2C) and d(CG2TG2T), respectively, attached to a non-nucleotidic tetrabranched linker, are reported. Bunch-ODNs and were shown to form more stable monomolecular parallel G-quadruplexes and when compared with their tetramolecular counterparts [d(TG2TG2C)]4 and [d(CG2TG2T)]4, respectively. The structure and stability of all the synthesized complexes have been investigated by circular dichroism (CD), CD thermal denaturation experiments, and 1H-NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) experiments at variable temperatures. Particularly, the spectroscopic data confirmed that 1 adopts a T-tetrad containing parallel-stranded quadruplex structure as in the tetramolecular complex.

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