Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1364134 | Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Solid-support conjugation at the 5′-terminal primary amine of oligonucleotides is a convenient and powerful method for introducing various functional groups. However, conventional aliphatic amines do not necessarily provide conjugates with sufficient yields. To improve the modification efficacy, we used the amino-linker (aminoethoxycarbonyl)aminohexyl group (ssH-linker), for solid-support conjugation. In the ssH-linker terminal modification, reactive free amino group could be easily presented onto a solid-support due to rapid removal of the amino-protecting group, and activated amino acids or cholesterol molecules could be covalently connected more efficiently than to typical 6-aminohexyl-linkers. Based on these results, the ssH-linker can be a useful terminal modification for the solid-support conjugation of functional molecules.
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