A. Matsuda et al., NUCLEOSIDES AND NUCLEOTIDES .126. INCORPORATION OF A MUTAGENIC NUCLEOSIDE, 5-FORMYL-2'-DEOXYURIDINE, INTO AN OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 3(12), 1993, pp. 2751-2754
An oligodeoxyribonucleotide (TT1TTT) containing 5-formyl-2'-deoxyuridi
ne (1) has been synthesized. Protection of the formyl group of 3',5'-d
i-O-acetyl-5-formyl-2'-deoxyuridine (3) with N,N-di-(m-chlorophenyl)-e
thylenediamine (4d) afforded the imidazolidine derivative 5d, which wa
s converted into the nucleoside 3'-phosphoramidite 7. Incorporation of
7 into an oligonucleotide and then acid-hydrolysis gave the oligomer
containing 1. The nucleoside composition was confirmed after conversio
n of 1 in the oligomer into 5-hydroxymethyl-2'-deoxyuridine.