Patent ID: 7566773

Claim:
A photolabile compound represented by the following formula: wherein R 1 is a methyl group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, acetic ester group, a phenyl group, a diphenyl group, a trimethylsilyl group, a cyanide group, an azide group, a sulfur atom, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group or a heterocyclic group; n is an integer from 1 to 8; R 2 is a hydrogen atom or alkyl derivative; and Y is a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a moiety represented by one of the following formulae: wherein B is adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine or uracil; R 3 is a hydrogen atom, an amino group, an alkyl group or a phosphine group; R 4 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, —OR 5 or —SR 5 wherein R 5 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an acetal group or a silyl ether group; R 6 is an alkyl group, a phenyl group, or a sulfur atom; p is an integer from 0 to 5; and q is an integer from 0 to 10.