Kamaike K, Hirose K, Kawashima E
Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan.
Nucleic Acids Symp Ser. 2000(44):33-4. doi: 10.1093/nass/44.1.33.
Synthetic studies on phosphodiester, phosphorothioate, and phosphorodithioate-linked oligonucleotides in terms of 2-(levulinyloxymethyl)-5-nitrobenzoyl (LMNBz) group as the base-labile protecting group for the 5'-hydroxyl groups of nucleoside 3'-H-phosphonate and -H-phosphonothioate derivatives, are described.