Gr. Gough et al., P-NITROBENZYLOXYMETHYL - A NEW FLUORIDE-REMOVABLE PROTECTING GROUP FOR RIBONUCLEOSIDE 2'-HYDROXYLS, Tetrahedron letters, 37(7), 1996, pp. 981-982
A novel protecting group for the 2'-hydroxyl of ribonucleosides, p-nit
robenzyloxymethyl, is used in the rapid solid phase synthesis of the o
ligonucleotide U-(U)(11)-U; it can be readily removed from the oligome
r product by treatment with tetrabutylammonium fluoride.