P. Berroy et al., Photolabile group for 5 '-OH protection of nucleosides: synthesis and photodeprotection rate, SENS ACTU-B, 74(1-3), 2001, pp. 186-189
In this paper, we described the properties of a new photolabile group, 2-(3
,4-methylenedioxy-6-nitrophenyl)propoxycarbonayl MNPPOC. In spite of modera
te yields of synthesis, photolytic properties could be analyzed for 5 ' -OH
protected T and dA(iBU). The half-lives (t(1/2)) 11 and 12 s were found, r
espectively with a good recovery of the corresponding deprotected deoxynucl
eoside (95-99%). The photolysis rate of this new photolabile group was five
-fold faster than the MeNPOC one. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights
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