Patent ID: 7285658

Claim:
A compound of Formula (I) which may be a D- or L-nucleotide: wherein R 2′ is H, F, OH, or OMe; wherein R 3 is methyl, ethyl, vinyl, ethynyl, or hydroxymethyl; wherein R 3′ is H, F, OH, or N 3 ; wherein G 1 is OH or NH 2 ; wherein G 2 is H or Me; and wherein X 9 and X 10 are selected independently from the group consisting of OH, alkoxy, aryloxy, acylthioethoxy, acyloxymethoxy, 1,2-O-diacylglyceryloxy, 1,2-O-dialkylglyceryloxy, and 1-O-alkyl-2-O-acylglyceryloxy.