F. Seela et al., 8-aza-7-deazapurine DNA: Synthesis and duplex stability of oligonucleotides containing 7-substituted bases, NUCLEOS NUC, 18(6-7), 1999, pp. 1399-1400
The 7-substituted 8-aza-7-deazapurine phosphoramidites 1a - 3c as well as t
he phosphoramidite 4a were synthesized. In comparison to the parent purine
oligonucleotide duplexes, the 7-substituted 8-aza-7-deazapurine residues le
ad to a significant duplex stabilization.