Ma. Amin et al., 3',4'-DIETHYNYL-2',3',5'-TRIDEOXY-5'-NORURIDINE - A NEW SELF-POLYMERIZABLE 2'-DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE ANALOG, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 78(7), 1995, pp. 1879-1886
In 10 steps, 3',4'-diethynyl-2',3',5'-trideoxy-5'-noruridine (14) was
synthesized in 5% overall yield from commercial uridine, using convent
ional methods of nucleoside chemistry. As two functional groups capabl
e to react with each other are present in the same molecule, the synth
etic compound is able to form polymers, similar to the polynucleotides
, by acetylene coupling reaction.