Vt. Ravikumar et al., USE OF 2-DIPHENYLMETHYLSILYLETHYL (DPSE) PROTECTING GROUP IN OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS VIA PHOSPHORAMIDITE APPROACH, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 3(12), 1993, pp. 2637-2640
2-Diphenylmethylsilylethyl (DPSE) is a new protecting group for the in
ternucleotidic bonds in the synthesis of deoxyribooligonucleotides by
the phosphoramidite approach. This group is stable to acidic condition
s and can be removed under mild conditions using aqueous ammonium hydr
oxide.