Peptide nucleic acids are the potential candidate of antisense and anitgene
. Chiral monomer backbones were efficiently prepared by reductive amination
of N - Boc or N - Fmoc protected L alaninal with aminomethylphosphate diet
hyl ester and subsequent acylation of free secondary amines with thymine -
1 - ylacetic acid. After chemical switch of N - Boc to N - Fmoc, protected
chiral phosphono - PNA monomers were obtained.