Benzimidazolium Triflate as an Efficient Promoter for Nucleotide Synthesis via the Phosphoramidite Method.
Benzimidazolium Triflate as an Efficient Promoter for Nucleotide Synthesis via the Phosphoramidite Method.
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苯并咪唑鎓三氟甲磺酸盐作为亚磷酰胺法核苷酸合成的有效促进剂。
DOI:
10.1002/chin.199716251
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发表时间:
1996
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R. Noyori
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作者:
Y. Hayakawa;M. Kataoka;R. Noyori
The condensation of a nucleoside phosphoramidite and a nucleoside is an essential step in oligonucleotide synthesis. 1 This reaction usually requires an azole promoter such as 1H-tetrazole, 2 5-(p-nitrophenyl)-1H-tetrazole (NPT), 3 and 5-(ethylthio)-1H-tetrazole. 4 None of these reagents, however, is sufficiently effective for nucleoside phosphoramidites such as arylated deoxyribonucleoside N, N-diisopropylphosphoramidites or phosphoromorpholidites and sterically crowded ribonucleoside N, N-diisopropylphosphoramidites. The lack of reactivity of these amidites prevents the preparation of some oligonucleotides with modified backbones that are attractive as antisense molecules. 5 Thus, the invention of new reagents with a potent promotion ability is highly desirable. We disclose here that benzimidazolium triflate (1) 6 perfectly meets such a requirement (Scheme 1). The reagent 1, mp 188r190 C, was quantitatively obtained by mixing benzimidazole and trifluoromethanesulfonic acid in equimolar amounts in dichloromethane at room temperature. This reagent can be stored at ambient temperature under atmosphere without decomposition. This salt has good solubility in acetonitrile, ca. 0.4 mol/L, which is comparable to that of 1H-tetrazole (ca. 0.5 mol/L) and higher than that of NPT (ca. 0.1 mol/L). 3 The triflate 1 is an extremely reactive promoter, generally accomplishing the condensation of a nucleoside phosphoramidite and a nucleoside within 1 min at 25 C, even with normally weakly reactive amidites such as arylated deoxyribonucleoside 3′-phosphoromorpholidites or sterically crowded ribonucleoside N, N-diisopropylphosphoramidites. Table 1 lists several examples of the preparation of phosphates via the condensation of the amidites, 2r6 and 10r12, and the nucleosides, 13r15, followed by tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) oxidation. 7 The high reactivity of 1 allowed rapid condensation of phosphoramidites with an electron-withdrawing substituent such as o-chlorophenyl. 8, 9 The sterically crowded ribonucleoside phosphoramidites could also be used. A slight excess of the phosphoramidite and the promoter (1.2 equiv each) to the nucleoside (1 equiv) was employed to produce a reasonable rate of reaction. 10 The benzimidazolium reagent activated the phosphoramidite in a chemoselective manner without noticeable deterioration to effect the reaction of the substrates having an (allyloxy) carbonyl, 11 tert-butyldimethylsilyl, or even mono-