Synthesis of all four nucleoside-based β-amino acids as protected precursors for the synthesis of polyamide-DNA with alternating α-amino acid and nucleoside-β-amino acids

A simple approach is described for the synthesis of all four orthogonally protected nucleoside-β-amino acids from commercially available starting materials. Synthesis of a model tetrameric DNA sequence in 5′-3'direction employing trityl strategy and glycine as α-amino acid alternating with nucleoside-β amino acids is described.