J. Pyzowski et al., Oligomeric building block approach to the synthesis of diastereomerically pure pentathymidine 3 ',5 '-methanephosphonates, ORG LETT, 2(6), 2000, pp. 771-773
A method for a large-scale synthesis of stereodefined oligo(nucleoside 3',5
'-methanephosphonates) has been developed, based on transient 3'-O protecti
on, which allows for the conversion of the protecting chirally defined meth
anephosphonanilidate group, located at the 3' end of a stereoregular oligom
er, into diastereomerically pure "oligomeric building blocks" for stereospe
cific coupling with the 5'-OH group of another oligonucleotide.