Dw. Will et al., THE SYNTHESIS OF POLYAMIDE NUCLEIC-ACIDS USING A NOVEL MONOMETHOXYTRITYL PROTECTING-GROUP STRATEGY, Tetrahedron, 51(44), 1995, pp. 12069-12082
The preparation of novel monomethoxytrityl (Mmt) protected monomers fo
r the synthesis of polyamide nucleic acids (PNAs) is described. The us
e of base-labile acyl-type nucleobase protecting groups and of a succi
nyl-linked solid-support offers a synthetic strategy similar to standa
rd oligonucleotide synthesis conditions. This strategy has been succes
sfully applied for the synthesis of PNAs of mixed base sequence.