CPG-bound nucleosides (deoxyguanosine excepted) can be stereoselectively gl
ycosylated in high yield at their 5'-hydroxyl by a "disarmed" trichloroacet
imidate donor in the presence of stoichiometric amounts of TMSOTf (5 eq.) a
nd in short reaction times. These results allowed the solid-phase synthesis
of an oligonucleotide functionalized at both ends with sugar residues. (C)
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