A New and Selective Oxidising Reagent for Oligonucleotide Synthesis

Abstract

A mixture of carbon tetrachloride, N-methylmorpholine and water in acetonitrile serves as an excellent reagent for oxidation of nucleoside phosphite to nucleoside phosphates and has been successfully applied to the solid phase synthesis of d(CGTAAAATGG).

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