Patent Application: US-38330609-A

Abstract:
this invention relates to the field of nucleic acid chemistry , more specifically to the field of compositions of matter that comprise triphosphates of modified 2 ′- deoxynucleosides and oligonucleotides that are formed when these are appended to the 3 ′- end of a primer , wherein said modifications comprise nh 2 moiety attached to their 3 ′- hydroxyl group and a fluorescent species in a form of a tag affixed to the nucleobase via a linker that can be cleaved . such compositions and their associated processes enable and improve the sequencing of oligonucleotides using a strategy of cyclic reversible termination , as outlined in u . s . pat . no . 6 , 664 , 079 . most specifically , the invention concerns compositions of matter that are 5 ′- triphosphates of ribo - and 2 ′- deoxyribonucleosides carrying detectable tags and oligonucleotides that might be derived from them . the invention also concerns processes wherein a dna polymerase , rna polymerase , or reverse transcriptase synthesizes said oligonucleotides via addition of said triphosphates to a primer .

Description:
u . s . patent ser . no . 11 / 373 , 415 , which is incorporated herein by citation , suggested that a 3 ′- o - nh 2 group might be a useful reversible terminator for an architecture involving sequencing using a cyclic reversible termination ( sucrt ) architecture ( fig1 ). this group is incorporated within the compounds of the instant invention . these are nucleoside triphosphates that carry a 3 ′- o - nh 2 group as well as a nucleobase to which is attached a tag , which may be fluorescent , via a linker that contains a functional group that can be cleaved through the addition of the reagent . in this case , the cleavable functional group is a 1 , 2 - diol unit that is cleaved by addition of a salt of periodate , preferably in aqueous solution near neutral ph . also novel to the compositions of the instant invention is a derivative of these where the 3 ′- o — nh 2 group is protected in the form of an oxime . this oxime transiently protects the 3 ′- o — nh 2 group , allowing transformations of other parts of the molecule , including modification of the linker so as to introduce fluorescent tags . this oxime can be removed prior to incubation of the triphosphate with a primer - template complex in the presence of a polymerase . in the compounds of the instant invention , these fluorescent groups are appended to the five position of pyrimidines or to the 7 - position of 7 - deaza purines . further , to permit the cleavage of the fluorescent groups from the nucleobases , the linkers within the compounds of the instant invention contain a vicinal 1 , 2 - diol . this diol is rapidly cleaved by periodate . in the course of developing the compositions of the instant invention , it was noticed that the 3 ′- onh 2 group could be protected as an oxime , either with acetone or acetaldehyde ( although other aldehydes and ketones should be considered to be functional equivalents for this purpose ). further , it was discovered that it was convenient to store certain compositions containing 3 ′- oxime units , making these valuable compositions in their own right . a series of experiments showed that therminator ® ( a registered trademark of new england biolaboratories ) was able to add to a primer nucleotides derived from compositions of matter that are nucleoside triphosphates carrying a 3 ′- onh 2 group and a diol - containing linker attached to the nucleobase and carrying a fluorescent moiety , and that this polymerase worked for all four of the standard nucleobase equivalents . further , it was shown that therminator ® will add to a primer such a nucleotide even if the 3 ′- nucleotide contains a scar derived from the periodate cleavage ( optionally followed by reduction with sodium cyanoborohydride ) of a nucleoside that had been added to the 3 ′- end of the primer in a previous primer extension step . a further teaching of the instant invention is a process that involves incubation of a primer - template complex with a mixture of nucleoside triphosphates complementary to nucleosides in the template , some of which carry a fluorescent tag and others that do not . this has advantages when the polymerase does not easily extend a “ scarred ” primer , that is , a primer whose 3 ′- nucleotide has a nucleobase to which is appended a fragment of a side chain , such as one that comes from the cleavage of the side chain of a previously incorporated nucleotide carrying a linker and a fluorescent tag . in this process , untagged nucleosides with a 3 ′- reversible blocking moiety are added to scarred primers while tagged nucleosides with a 3 ′- reversible block are added to the unscarred primers . in this way , the process can lead to readable sequence with polymerases that are not optimal for sucrt with only tagged nucleoside triphosphates . 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( 1994 ) preparation of antisense heteroatomic oligonucleotide analogs . pct int . appl . 90 pp ]. the procedures from these literature citations are specifically incorporated into this specification by citation . this material ( 1 . 15 g , 3 . 0 mmol ) was dissolved in aqueous methylamine solution ( 4 %, 22 ml , ca . 24 mmol ). after 20 min at room temperature ( rt ), most of the methylamine was removed in vacuo and the remaining solution was treated with acetone ( 3 ml ). after 3 h at rt , the volatiles were removed in vacuo . the residue was redissolved in a mixture of water ( 25 ml ) and acetonitrile ( 7 ml ). solids were removed from the mixture by filtration ( 0 . 2 μm ) prior to purification by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm triethylammonium acetate ( teaa ) ph 7 , eluent b ═ ch 3 cn , gradient from 25 to 50 % b in a over 7 min , then to 80 % b over 8 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , retention time ( rt )= 14 min ), which gave 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- thymidine ( 1c , 640 mg ; 72 %) as a colorless foam after lyophilization . 1 h - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 1 . 79 ( d , j = 0 . 9 hz , 3h ); 1 . 83 ( s , 3h ); 1 . 84 ( s , 3h ); 2 . 15 - 2 . 35 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 55 - 3 . 70 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 98 - 4 . 05 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 68 - 4 . 72 ( m , 1h ); 5 . 15 ( br . s , 1h ); 6 . 17 ( dd , j = 5 . 7 , 8 . 7 hz , 1h ); 7 . 76 ( d , j = 0 . 9 hz , 1h ); 11 . 3 ( br . s , 1h ). 13 c - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 75 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 12 . 3 ; 15 . 5 ; 21 . 5 ; 36 . 4 ; 61 . 8 ; 82 . 1 ; 83 . 9 ; 84 . 1 ; 109 . 6 ; 136 . 0 ; 150 . 5 ; 155 . 8 ; 163 . 7 . to a solution of 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- thymidine ( 1c , 300 mg , 1 . 0 mmol ) in pyridine ( 4 ml ) and dioxane ( 3 . 4 ml ) was added a solution of 2 - chloro - 4h - 1 , 3 , 2 - benzodioxaphosphorin - 4 - one ( 260 mg , 1 . 4 mmol ) in dioxane ( 2 . 6 ml ) at room temperature . after 10 min , a mixture of tributylammonium pyrophosphate in dmf ( 0 . 2 m , 10 ml , 2 mmol ) and tributylamine ( 1 . 2 ml , 4 . 8 mmol ) were added . after 10 min , a solution of iodine ( 360 mg , 1 . 4 mmol ) and water ( 0 . 56 ml ) in pyridine ( 28 ml ) was added . after 20 min , the reaction was quenched by the addition of aqueous na 2 so 3 ( 5 %, 0 . 5 ml ) and acetone ( 0 . 5 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . water ( 50 ml ) was added and the mixture was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , gradient from 0 to 25 % b in 16 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , rt = 13 min ), followed by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = 50 % ch 3 cn in a , gradient from 0 to 70 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , rt = 19 min ) gave 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- thymidine - 5 ′- triphosphate as a colorless foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 260 nm , ext . coeff .= 8800 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 450 μmol ( 45 %). 1 h - nmr ( d 2 o , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to hdo = 4 . 65 )= 1 . 75 - 1 . 79 ( m , 9h ); 2 . 18 - 2 . 40 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 00 - 4 . 15 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 22 - 4 . 27 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 46 ( s , 2h ); 4 . 78 - 4 . 85 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 21 ( dd , j = 5 . 7 , 9 . 1 hz , 1h ); 7 . 67 ( s , 1h ). 31 p - nmr ( d 2 o , 120 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to external h 3 po 4 = 0 )=− 10 . 5 ( d , j = 20 . 0 hz , 1p ); − 11 . 7 ( d , j = 20 . 0 hz , 1p ); − 23 . 3 ( t , j = 20 . 0 hz , 1p ). to a solution of 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- thymidine - 5 ′- triphosphate ( 1d , 100 μmol ) in water ( 10 ml ) was added aqueous sodium acetate buffer ( 1m , ph 4 . 0 , 2 ml , 2 mmol ) and aqueous hydroxylamine solution ( 50 wt -%, 100 μl , ca . 1 . 6 mmol ). after 2 h at room temperature , the reaction was diluted with water ( 20 ml ) and filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , gradient from 0 to 30 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , rt = 15 min ) gave 3 ′- o - amino - thymidine - 5 ′- triphosphate as a colorless foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 260 nm , ext . coeff .= 8800 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 82 μmol ( 82 %). 1 h - nmr ( d 2 o , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to hdo = 4 . 65 )= 1 . 78 ( d , j = 0 . 9 hz , 3h ); 2 . 18 - 2 . 29 ( m , 1 h ); 2 . 37 - 2 . 46 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 01 - 4 . 16 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 25 - 4 . 29 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 61 - 4 . 63 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 17 ( dd , j = 5 . 8 , 9 . 0 hz , 1h ); 7 . 62 ( d , j = 1 . 2 hz , 1h ). 31 p - nmr ( d 2 o , 120 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to external h 3 po 4 = 0 )=− 10 . 8 ( d , j = 20 hz , 1p ); − 11 . 7 ( d , j = 20 hz , 1p ); − 23 . 1 ( t , j = 20 hz , 1p ). to a solution of n 4 - benzoyl - 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - 2 ′- deoxycytidine ( 2a , 8 . 9 g , 14 mmol ), benzoic acid ( 2 . 5 g , 20 mmol ) and triphenylphosphine ( 5 . 2 g , 20 mmol ) in thf ( 150 ml ) was added diad ( 3 . 7 ml , 20 mmol ) at 0 ° c . the reaction was allowed to warm to rt overnight and then was quenched by the addition of water ( 0 . 5 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . purification by flc ( silica , gradient 50 to 100 % etoac in hexanes ) gave n 4 - benzoyl - 3 ′- o - benzoyl - 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - xylo - 2 ′- deoxycytidine ( 13 . 7 g ) as a colorless foam which , according to nmr , contained significant amounts of triphenylphosphine oxide , as well as some elimination product ( 2 ′, 3 ′- olefin ). this intermediate was re - dissolved in meoh ( 450 ml ) and treated with a solution of sodium methoxide in meoh ( 5 . 3 m , 4 ml , 21 mmol ). after 2 h at rt , the reaction was quenched by the addition of acoh ( glacial , 1 . 25 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between ch 2 cl 2 ( 300 ml ) and aqueous nacl ( 50 % sat ., 150 ml ). the organic phase was separated and the solvent removed in vacuo . purification by flc ( silica , gradient 5 to 10 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) gave 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - xylo - 2 ′- deoxycytidine ( 4 . 6 g ; 62 % overall ) as a colorless foam . 1 h - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 1 . 78 - 1 . 87 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 46 - 2 . 55 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 19 - 3 . 24 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 37 - 3 . 43 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 76 ( s , 6h ); 4 . 07 - 4 . 12 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 16 - 4 . 19 ( m , 1h ); 5 . 10 - 5 . 20 ( m , 1h ); 5 . 66 ( d , j = 7 . 4 hz , 1h ); 6 . 07 ( dd , j = 1 . 7 , 7 . 9 hz , 1h ); 6 . 86 - 6 . 92 ( m , 4h ); 7 . 16 ( br s , 2h ); 7 . 18 - 7 . 48 ( m , 9h ); 7 . 68 ( d , j = 7 . 4 hz , 1h ). 13 c - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 75 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 41 . 4 ; 55 . 0 ; 62 . 8 ; 69 . 2 ; 83 . 4 ; 85 . 4 ; 85 . 5 ; 93 . 0 ; 113 . 1 ; 126 . 6 ; 127 . 8 ; 129 . 8 ; 135 . 6 ; 135 . 7 ; 141 . 6 ; 145 . 0 ; 155 . 2 ; 158 . 0 ; 165 . 6 . to a solution of 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - xylo - 2 ′- deoxycytidine ( 2b , 3 . 4 g , 6 . 4 mmol ), n - hydroxyphthalimide ( 1 . 6 g , 10 mmol ) and triphenylphosphine ( 2 . 6 g , 10 mmol ) in thf ( 180 ml ) was added diad ( 1 . 9 ml , 10 mmol ) at 0 ° c . the reaction was let to warm to rt overnight and then was quenched by the addition of water ( 0 . 5 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . purification by flc ( silica , gradient 3 to 10 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) gave 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - 3 ′- o - phthalimido - 2 ′- deoxycytidine ( 3 . 7 g ) as a colorless foam which , according to nmr , contained significant amounts of triphenylphosphine oxide and some elimination product ( 2 ′, 3 ′- olefin ). this intermediate was redissolved in meoh ( 150 ml ) and treated with aqueous hcl ( conc , 7 . 5 ml ) at rt . within minutes , the product started to precipitate . after 10 minutes , the solids were filtered off and dried at high vacuum to give 3 ′- o - phthalimido - 2 ′- deoxycytidine ( 1 . 5 g , 63 % overall ) as an off - white powder . 1 h - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 2 . 28 - 2 . 38 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 65 - 2 . 74 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 62 - 3 . 68 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 35 - 4 . 40 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 95 - 5 . 00 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 20 ( d , j = 7 . 9 hz , 1h ); 6 . 25 ( dd , j = 6 . 9 , 7 . 0 hz , 1h ); 7 . 89 ( s , 4h ); 8 . 22 ( d , j = 7 . 9 hz , 1h ); 8 . 71 ( s , 1h ); 9 . 83 ( s , 1h ). 13 c - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 75 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 36 . 6 ; 61 . 0 ; 84 . 1 ; 85 . 8 ; 87 . 7 ; 94 . 0 ; 123 . 3 ; 128 . 6 ; 134 . 8 ; 144 . 2 ; 146 . 9 ; 159 . 5 ; 163 . 6 . 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxycytidine ( 2e ). 3 ′- o - phthalimido - 2 ′- deoxycytidine ( 2c , 375 mg , 1 . 0 mmol ) was dissolved in aqueous methylamine solution ( 4 %, 11 ml , ca . 12 mmol ). after 10 min , most of the methylamine was removed in vacuo , and the remaining solution was treated with acetone ( 2 ml ). after 3 h at rt , the solvent was removed in vacuo . the residue was redissolved in water ( 30 ml ) and the mixture was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b ═ ch 3 cn , gradient from 0 to 50 % b in 10 min , then to 85 % b in 8 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , rt = 17 min ) gave 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxycytidine ( 2c , 200 mg ; 71 %) as a colorless foam after lyophilization . 1 h - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 1 . 83 ( s , 3h ); 1 . 84 ( s , 3h ); 1 . 99 - 2 . 09 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 30 - 2 . 39 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 55 - 3 . 66 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 02 - 4 . 06 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 65 - 4 . 70 ( m , 1h ); 5 . 30 ( br . s , 1h ); 5 . 77 ( d , j = 7 . 4 hz , 1h ); 6 . 17 ( dd , j = 5 . 6 , 8 . 7 hz , 1h ); 7 . 23 ( br . s , 2h ); 7 . 84 ( d , j = 7 . 4 hz , 1h ). 13 c - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 75 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 15 . 5 ; 21 . 5 ; 37 . 3 ; 61 . 9 ; 82 . 4 ; 84 . 2 ; 85 . 2 ; 94 . 3 ; 141 . 0 ; 155 . 1 ; 155 . 7 ; 165 . 6 . to a solution of 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxycytidine ( 2e , 170 mg , 0 . 6 mmol ) in pyridine ( 2 ml ) and dioxane ( 1 . 5 ml ) was added a solution of 2 - chloro - 4h - 1 , 3 , 2 - benzodioxaphosphorin - 4 - one ( 150 mg , 0 . 8 mmol ) in dioxane ( 1 . 5 ml ) at rt . after 15 min a mixture of tributylammonium pyrophosphate in dmf ( 0 . 2 m , 6 ml , 1 . 2 mmol ) and tributylamine ( 0 . 7 ml , 2 . 8 mmol ) was added . after 20 min a solution of iodine ( 210 mg , 0 . 8 mmol ) and water ( 0 . 32 ml ) in pyridine ( 16 ml ) was added . after 20 min the reaction was quenched by the addition of aqueous na 2 so 3 ( 5 %, 0 . 5 ml ) and acetone ( 0 . 5 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . water ( 30 ml ) was added , and the mixture was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , gradient from 0 to 25 % b in 16 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , rt = 14 min ), followed by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = 50 % ch 3 cn in a , gradient from 0 to 70 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , rt = 18 min ) gave 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxycytidine - 5 ′- triphosphate as a colorless foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 260 nm , ext . coeff .= 7300 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 225 μmol ( 38 %). 1 h - nmr ( d 2 o , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to hdo = 4 . 65 )= 1 . 77 ( s , 3h ); 1 . 79 ( s , 3h ); 2 . 12 - 2 . 22 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 40 - 2 . 50 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 00 - 4 . 16 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 28 - 4 . 33 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 76 - 4 . 80 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 09 ( d , j = 7 . 7 hz , 1h ); 6 . 18 ( dd , j = 5 . 7 , 8 . 4 hz , 1h ); 7 . 23 ( br . s , 2h ); 7 . 96 ( d , j = 7 . 7 hz , 1h ). 31 p - nmr ( d 2 o , 120 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to external h3po4 = 0 )=− 10 . 9 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 11 . 4 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 23 . 3 ( t , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ). to a solution of 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxycytidine - 5 ′- triphosphate ( 2e , 100 μmol ) in water ( 10 ml ) was added aqueous sodium acetate buffer ( 1 m , ph 4 . 0 , 2 ml , 2 mmol ) and aqueous hydroxylamine solution ( 50 wt -%, 100 μl , ca . 1 . 6 mmol ). after 2 h at rt , the reaction was diluted with water ( 20 ml ) and filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , gradient from 0 to 30 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , rt = 16 min ) gave 2f as a colorless foam after lyophilization ( 74 %, by uv , ( 260 nm , ext . coeff .= 7300 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ). 1 h - nmr ( d 2 o , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to hdo = 4 . 65 )= 2 . 09 - 2 . 16 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 40 - 2 . 50 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 00 - 4 . 10 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 25 - 4 . 30 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 40 - 4 . 45 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 02 ( d , j = 6 . 5 hz , 1h ); 6 . 14 ( dd , j = 6 . 0 , 7 . 9 hz , 1h ); 7 . 85 ( d , j = 6 . 5 hz , 1h ). 31 p - nmr ( d 2 o , 120 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to external h 3 po 4 = 0 )=− 10 . 2 ( br , 1p ); − 11 . 3 ( br , 1p ); − 22 . 9 ( br , 1p ). to a solution of 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - 2 ′- deoxyadenosine ( 3a , 8 . 3 g , 15 mmol ), benzoic acid ( 3 . 0 g , 24 mmol ) and triphenylphosphine ( 6 . 5 g , 24 mmol ) in thf ( 250 ml ) was added diad ( 4 . 5 ml , 24 mmol ) at rt . after 1 h the reaction was quenched by the addition of meoh ( 5 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . purification by flc ( silica , gradient 3 to 5 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) gave 3 ′- o - benzoyl - 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - xylo - 2 ′- deoxyadenosine ( 12 g ) as a colorless foam which , according to nmr , contained some triphenylphosphine oxide as well as some elimination product ( 2 ′, 3 ′- olefin ). this intermediate was redissolved in meoh ( 300 ml ) and treated with a solution of sodium methoxide in meoh ( 5 . 3 m , 4 ml , 21 mmol ). after 16 h at rt , the reaction was quenched by the addition of acoh ( glacial , 1 . 5 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . purification by flc ( silica , gradient 3 to 10 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) gave 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - xylo - 2 ′- deoxyadenosine ( 3 . 7 g ; 45 % overall ) as a colorless foam . 1 h - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 2 . 26 - 2 . 34 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 74 - 2 . 84 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 18 - 3 . 25 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 34 - 3 . 42 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 70 - 3 . 74 ( 2s , 6h ); 4 . 17 - 4 . 22 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 31 - 4 . 36 ( m , 1h ); 5 . 95 ( d , j = 5 . 7 hz , 1h ); 6 . 35 ( dd , j = 1 . 0 , 7 . 8 hz , 1h ); 6 . 77 - 6 . 86 ( m , 4h ); 7 . 16 - 7 . 44 ( m , 11h ); 8 . 16 ( s , 1h ); 8 . 27 ( s , 1h ). 13 c - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 75 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 40 . 6 ; 55 . 0 ; 55 . 0 ; 63 . 1 ; 69 . 6 ; 82 . 9 ; 83 . 6 ; 85 . 5 ; 113 . 1 ; 119 . 0 ; 126 . 6 ; 127 . 7 ; 127 . 7 ; 129 . 7 ; 135 . 6 ; 135 . 8 ; 139 . 8 ; 145 . 0 ; 148 . 6 ; 152 . 3 ; 156 . 1 ; 158 . 0 ; 158 . 0 . to a solution of 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - xylo - 2 ′- deoxyadenosine ( 3b , 3 . 4 g , 6 mmol ), n - hydroxy - phthalimide ( 1 . 6 g , 10 mmol ) and triphenylphosphine ( 2 . 6 g , 10 mmol ) in thf ( 120 ml ) was added diad ( 1 . 9 ml , 10 mmol ) at rt . after 1 h the reaction was quenched by the addition of meoh ( 3 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . purification by flc ( silica , gradient 3 to 5 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) gave 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - 3 ′- o - phthalimido - 2 ′- deoxyadenosine ( 6 . 2 g ) as a colorless foam which , according to nmr , contained significant amounts of triphenylphosphine oxide and some elimination product ( 2 ′, 3 ′- olefin ). this intermediate was redissolved in meoh ( 30 ml ) and treated with methanolic hcl ( 1 . 25 m , 55 ml , ca . 70 mmol ) at rt . within minutes , product started to precipitate . after 10 minutes , solids were removed by filtration and dried at high vacuum to give 3c ( 1 . 5 g , 63 % overall ) as an off - white powder . 1 h - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 2 . 62 - 3 . 02 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 60 - 3 . 66 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 37 - 4 . 41 ( m , 1h ); 5 . 13 - 5 . 18 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 59 ( dd , j = 6 . 2 , 7 . 2 hz , 1h ); 7 . 91 ( s , 4h ); 8 . 58 ( s , 1h ); 8 . 78 ( s , 1h ); 8 . 97 ( br s , 1h ); 9 . 60 ( br s , 1h ). 13 c - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 75 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 36 . 1 ; 61 . 2 ; 83 . 8 ; 84 . 1 ; 88 . 0 ; 118 . 5 ; 123 . 4 ; 128 . 7 ; 134 . 9 ; 142 . 0 ; 145 . 2 ; 148 . 1 ; 150 . 4 ; 163 . 8 . 3 ′- o - phthalimido - 2 ′- deoxyadenosine ( 3c , 790 mg , 2 . 0 mmol ) was dissolved in aqueous methylamine solution ( 4 %, 22 ml , ca . 24 mmol ). after 20 min , most of the methylamine was removed in vacuo , and the remaining solution was treated with acetone ( 3 ml ). after 3 h at rt , the solvent was removed in vacuo . the residue was redissolved in water ( 35 ml ) and ch 3 cn ( 15 ml ), and the mixture was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = ch3cn , gradient from 25 to 50 % b in 7 min , then to 80 % b in 8 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , rt = 14 min ) gave 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxyadenosine ( 465 mg ; 76 %) as a colorless foam after lyophilization . 1 h - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 1 . 86 ( s , 3h ); 1 . 87 ( s , 3h ); 2 . 47 - 2 . 55 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 82 - 2 . 93 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 54 - 3 . 72 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 11 - 4 . 16 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 81 - 4 . 85 ( m , 1h ); 5 . 43 ( dd , j = 4 . 7 , 7 . 0 hz , 1h ); 6 . 33 ( dd , j = 5 . 9 , 8 . 9 hz , 1h ); 7 . 34 ( br . s , 2h ); 8 . 13 ( s , 1h ); 8 . 35 ( s , 1h ). 13 c - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 75 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 15 . 5 ; 21 . 5 ; 36 . 4 ; 62 . 2 ; 82 . 5 ; 84 . 4 ; 84 . 9 ; 119 . 3 ; 139 . 6 ; 148 . 8 ; 152 . 3 ; 155 . 9 ; 156 . 2 . to a suspension of 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxyadenosine ( 3e , 180 mg , 0 . 6 mmol ) in pyridine ( 2 ml ), dioxane ( 1 . 5 ml ) and dmf ( 1 ml ) was added a solution of 2 - chloro - 4h - 1 , 3 , 2 - benzodioxaphosphorin - 4 - one ( 150 mg , 0 . 8 mmol ) in dioxane ( 1 . 5 ml ) at rt , leading to a clear solution . after 15 min a mixture of tributylammonium pyrophosphate in dmf ( 0 . 2 m , 6 ml , 1 . 2 mmol ) and tributylamine ( 0 . 7 ml , 2 . 8 mmol ) was added . after 20 min a solution of iodine ( 210 mg , 0 . 8 mmol ) and water ( 0 . 32 ml ) in pyridine ( 16 ml ) was added . after 20 min , the reaction was quenched by the addition of aqueous na 2 so 3 ( 5 %, 0 . 5 ml ) and acetone ( 0 . 5 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . water ( 40 ml ) was added , and the mixture was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , gradient from 0 to 25 % b in 16 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , rt = 13 min ), followed by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = 50 % ch 3 cn in a , gradient from 0 to 100 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , rt = 18 min ) gave 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxyadenosine - 5 ′- triphosphate as a colorless foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 260 nm , ext . coeff .= 15400 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 240 μmol ( 40 %). 1 h - nmr ( d 2 o , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to hdo = 4 . 65 )= 1 . 78 ( s , 3h ); 1 . 83 ( s , 3h ); 2 . 55 - 2 . 78 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 97 - 4 . 13 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 32 - 4 . 37 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 90 - 4 . 95 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 33 ( dd , j = 5 . 8 , 9 . 0 hz , 1h ); 8 . 03 ( s , 1h ); 8 . 37 ( s , 1h ). 31 p - nmr ( d 2 o , 120 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to external h 3 po 4 = 0 )=− 10 . 4 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 11 . 4 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 23 . 2 ( t , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ). to a solution of 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxyadenosine - 5 ′- triphosphate ( 100 μmol ) in water ( 10 ml ) was added aqueous sodium acetate buffer ( 1m , ph 4 . 0 , 2 ml , 2 mmol ) and aqueous hydroxylamine solution ( 50 wt -%, 100 μl , ca . 1 . 6 mmol ). after 2 h at rt , the reaction was diluted with water ( 20 ml ) and filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh4hco3 , gradient from 0 to 30 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , rt = 15 min ) gave 3f as a colorless foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 260 nm , ext . coeff .= 15400 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 65 μmol ( 65 %). 1 h - nmr ( d 2 o , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to hdo = 4 . 65 )= 2 . 36 - 2 . 43 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 57 - 2 . 63 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 93 - 4 . 10 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 29 - 4 . 34 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 50 - 4 . 54 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 28 ( dd , j = 7 . 0 , 8 . 0 hz , 1h ); 8 . 04 ( s , 1h ); 8 . 33 ( s , 1h ). 31 p - nmr ( d 2 o , 120 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to external h 3 po 4 = 0 )=− 8 . 8 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 11 . 2 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 22 . 6 ( t , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ). to a solution of 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - n2 - dimethylaminomethylidene - 2 ′- deoxyguanosine ( 4a , 9 . 4 g , 15 mmol ), benzoic acid ( 3 . 0 g , 24 mmol ) and triphenylphosphine ( 6 . 5 g , 24 mmol ) in thf ( 250 ml ) was added diad ( 4 . 5 ml , 24 mmol ) at rt . after 30 min the reaction was quenched by the addition of meoh ( 2 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . this intermediate was redissolved in meoh ( 600 ml ) and treated with a solution of sodium methoxide in meoh ( 5 . 3 m , 7 . 6 ml , 40 mmol ). after 16 h at rt , the reaction was quenched by the addition of acoh ( glacial , 2 . 3 ml , 40 mmol ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . purification by flc ( silica , gradient 0 to 10 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) gave 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - n2 - dimethylaminomethylidene - xylo - 2 ′- deoxyguanosine ( 5 . 6 g ; 50 % overall ) as a colorless foam . 1 h - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 2 . 18 - 2 . 26 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 69 - 2 . 80 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 03 ( s , 3h ); 3 . 11 ( s , 3h ); 3 . 19 - 3 . 25 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 34 - 3 . 40 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 70 - 3 . 74 ( 2s , 6h ); 4 . 16 - 4 . 20 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 32 - 4 . 37 ( m , 1h ); 5 . 57 - 5 . 61 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 29 ( dd , j = 1 . 5 , 8 . 4 hz , 1h ); 6 . 80 - 6 . 86 ( m , 4h ); 7 . 16 - 7 . 44 ( m , 9h ); 8 . 00 ( s , 1h ); 8 . 54 ( s , 1h ); 11 . 38 ( s , 1h ). 13 c - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 75 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 34 . 6 ; 40 . 6 ; 40 . 9 ; 55 . 0 ; 55 . 0 ; 63 . 2 ; 69 . 4 ; 82 . 0 ; 83 . 5 ; 85 . 5 ; 113 . 1 ; 119 . 4 ; 126 . 6 ; 127 . 7 ; 129 . 7 ; 129 . 8 ; 135 . 6 ; 135 . 7 ; 137 . 3 ; 145 . 0 ; 149 . 4 ; 157 . 3 ; 157 . 7 ; 157 . 9 ; 158 . 0 ; 158 . 0 . to a solution of 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - n2 - dimethylaminomethylidene - xylo - 2 ′- deoxyguanosine ( 4 . 7 g , 7 . 5 mmol ), n - hydroxy - phthalimide ( 2 . 1 g , 13 mmol ) and triphenylphosphine ( 3 . 4 g , 13 mmol ) in thf ( 150 ml ) was added diad ( 2 . 5 ml , 13 mmol ) at rt . after 1 h the reaction was quenched by the addition of meoh ( 2 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . purification by flc ( silica , gradient 3 to 10 % meoh in ch2cl2 ) gave 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - n2 - dimethylaminomethylidene - 3 ′- o - phthalimido - 2 ′- deoxyguanosine ( 5 . 3 g ) as a colorless foam which , according to nmr , contained ca 0 . 25 equivalents of elimination product ( 2 ′, 3 ′- olefin ). an analytical sample was repurified by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b ═ ch 3 cn , gradient from 50 % to 90 % b in 18 min , then constant 90 % b for 6 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , rt = 22 min ) to give a colorless foam after lyophilization . 1 h - nmr ( cdcl 3 , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 2 . 64 - 2 . 74 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 84 - 2 . 94 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 09 ( s , 3h ); 3 . 16 ( s , 3h ); 3 . 31 - 3 . 45 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 75 ( s , 6h ); 4 . 56 - 4 . 61 ( m , 1h ); 5 . 12 - 5 . 16 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 53 ( dd , j = 5 . 5 , 8 . 6 hz , 1h ); 6 . 72 - 6 . 78 ( m , 4h ); 7 . 12 - 7 . 36 ( m , 10h ); 7 . 72 - 7 . 85 ( m , 5h ); 8 . 67 ( s , 1h ); 10 . 11 ( s , 1h ). 13 c - nmr ( cdcl 3 , 75 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 35 . 3 ; 41 . 5 ; 55 . 3 ; 63 . 6 ; 82 . 6 ; 83 . 6 ; 86 . 7 ; 88 . 7 ; 113 . 3 ; 120 . 4 ; 123 . 9 ; 127 . 0 ; 128 . 0 ; 128 . 1 ; 128 . 7 ; 130 . 0 ; 130 . 1 ; 135 . 0 ; 135 . 5 ; 135 . 9 ; 144 . 4 ; 150 . 4 ; 157 . 1 ; 158 . 5 ; 158 . 6 ; 158 . 6 ; 164 . 0 . to a solution of 5 ′- o - dimethoxytrityl - n2 - dimethylaminomethylidene - 3 ′- o - phthalimido - 2 ′- deoxyguanosine ( 4c , 900 mg , ca . 1 mmol phthalimido - compound , contains ca . 0 . 25 eq . 2 ′, 3 ′- olefin ) in meoh ( 7 ml ) was added aqueous hcl ( conc , 0 . 4 ml , ca 5 mmol ) and tfa ( 0 . 1 ml , ca 1 . 5 mmol ). the mixture was shaken for 5 min at rt , leading to a clear solution . ammonium hydroxide ( 30 %, 5 ml , ca 80 mmol ) was added , and the resulting suspension was stirred for 1 h . aqueous methylamine solution ( 10 %, 13 ml , ca . 36 mmol ) was added . after 20 min , the supernatant was filtered off and most of the methylamine and ammonia was removed in vacuo . the remaining solution was neutralized with dilute aqueous hcl and treated with acetone ( 3 ml ) and ch 3 cn ( 5 ml ). after 3 h at rt , the mixture was diluted with water ( 20 ml ) and ch 3 cn ( 20 ml ) and filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b ═ ch 3 cn , gradient from 25 to 50 % b in 5 min , then to 80 % b in 12 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , rt = 13 min ) gave 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxyguanosine ( 120 mg ; 37 %) as a colorless foam after lyophilization . 1 h - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 1 . 84 ( s , 3h ); 1 . 85 ( s , 3h ); 2 . 41 - 2 . 50 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 62 - 2 . 72 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 52 - 3 . 64 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 02 - 4 . 08 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 74 - 4 . 78 ( m , 1h ); 5 . 05 - 5 . 12 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 09 ( dd , j = 5 . 7 , 8 . 9 hz , 1h ); 6 . 51 ( br . s , 2h ); 7 . 95 ( s , 1h ); 10 . 60 ( br . s , 1h ). 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxyguanosine - 5 ′- triphosphate . to a suspension of 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxyguanosine ( 100 mg , 0 . 3 mmol ) in pyridine ( 1 ml ), dioxane ( 0 . 8 ml ) and dmf ( 1 ml ) was added a solution of 2 - chloro - 4h - 1 , 3 , 2 - benzodioxaphosphorin - 4 - one ( 75 mg , 0 . 4 mmol ) in dioxane ( 0 . 75 ml ) at rt , leading to a clear solution . after 15 min a mixture of tributylammonium pyrophosphate in dmf ( 0 . 2 m , 3 ml , 0 . 6 mmol ) and tributylamine ( 0 . 35 ml , 1 . 4 mmol ) was added . after 20 min a solution of iodine ( 100 mg , 0 . 4 mmol ) and water ( 0 . 16 ml ) in pyridine ( 8 ml ) was added . after 20 min the reaction was quenched by the addition of aqueous na2so3 ( 5 %, 0 . 5 ml ) and acetone ( 0 . 5 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . water ( 30 ml ) was added , and the mixture was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh4hco3 , gradient from 0 to 25 % b in 16 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , rt = 16 min ), followed by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = 50 % ch3cn in a , gradient from 0 to 100 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , rt = 18 min ) gave 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxyguanosine - 5 ′- triphosphate as a colorless foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 260 nm , ext . coeff .= 11700 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 135 μmol ( 45 %). 1 h - nmr ( d 2 o , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to hdo = 4 . 65 )= 1 . 78 ( s , 3h ); 1 . 81 ( s , 3h ); 2 . 45 - 2 . 55 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 65 - 2 . 80 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 00 - 4 . 13 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 27 - 4 . 32 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 87 - 4 . 92 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 14 ( dd , j = 5 . 8 , 9 . 0 hz , 1h ); 7 . 98 ( s , 1h ). 31 p - nmr ( d 2 o , 120 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to external h 3 po 4 = 0 )=− 9 . 7 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 11 . 4 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 23 . 1 ( t , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ). to a solution of 3 ′- o —( n - acetone - oxime )- 2 ′- deoxyguanosine - 5 ′- triphosphate ( 50 μmol ) in water ( 5 ml ) was added aqueous sodium acetate buffer ( 1m , ph 4 . 0 , 1 ml , 1 mmol ) and aqueous hydroxylamine solution ( 50 wt -%, 50 μl , ca . 0 . 8 mmol ). after 2 h at rt , the reaction was diluted with water ( 10 ml ) and filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh4hco3 , gradient from 0 to 30 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , rt = 18 min ) gave 3 ′- o - amino - 2 ′- deoxyguanosine - 5 ′- triphosphate as a colorless foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 260 nm , ext . coeff .= 11700 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 36 μmol ( 72 %). 1 h - nmr ( d 2 o , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to hdo = 4 . 65 )= 2 . 50 - 2 . 75 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 97 - 4 . 13 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 29 - 4 . 34 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 55 - 4 . 60 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 08 - 6 . 16 ( m , 1h ); 8 . 00 ( s , 1h ). 31 p - nmr ( d 2 o , 120 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to external h 3 po 4 = 0 )=− 10 . 6 ( br , 1p ); − 11 . 2 ( br , 1p ); − 23 . 0 ( br , 1p ). to a mixture of finely powdered tartaric acid ( 5a , 5 . 48 g , 36 . 6 mmol ) in acetic anhydride ( 12 ml ) was added concentrated sulfuric acid ( 0 . 2 ml ) with stirring at rt . after the release of heat stopped , the solution was gently refluxed for 10 min and then cooled to 0 ° c . the crystalline product thus formed was collected by filtration and washed with benzene . this crude product was stirred with 16 ml of diethyl ether at 0 ° c . for 10 min , filtered , washed with diethyl ether , and dried to afford 5 . 82 g ( 74 %) of the anhydride . to a solution of ( r , r )- diacetyltartaric acid anhydride ( 8 . 0 g , 34 mmol ) in 60 ml of ch 2 cl 2 was added propragyl amine ( 2 . 3 ml , 37 mmol ) at 0 ° c . under an atmosphere of ar . after the solution had been stirred at this temperature overnight , the solvent was removed under reduced pressure . the solid obtained was washed with diethyl ether ( 4 .× 50 ml ) and filtered . drying on high vacuum gave 5c ( 8 . 0 g ) as a solid . a mixture of di - n - succinimidyl oxalate ( 1 . 7 g , 6 mmol ), the monoamide 5c ( 2 . 3 g , 6 . 11 mmol ), and pyridine ( 0 . 5 ml , 6 . 11 mmol ) in 100 ml of acetonitrile was stirred at rt for 12 h under ar . the resulting solution , almost clear , was cooled to 0 ° c . to this was added a mixture of n - boc - ethylenediamine ( 961 mg , 6 . 0 mmol ) and triethylamine ( 0 . 8 ml , 6 . 0 mmol ) in 15 ml of acetonitrile . the mixture was stirred at this temperature for 1 . 5 h , and then etoac ( 350 ml ) and water ( 50 ml ) were added . the layers were separated and the organic layer was dried over anhydrous na 2 so 4 . the solvents were removed under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by preparative silica gel ( 30 g ) chromatography with a ch 2 cl 2 - meoh ( 100 : 7 v / v ) mixture as eluent to yield the pure diamide ( 5d , 2 . 0 g ) as a yellowish white solid . 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 : me 2 so - d 6 , 20 : 1 ): 7 . 6 ( 1h , br s , nh ), 7 . 4 ( 1h , br s , nh ), 5 . 6 ( 1h , s , nh ), 5 . 544 ( 1h , d , j = 3 . 8 hz , ch ), 5 . 58 ( 1h , d , j = 3 . 8 hz , ch ), 3 . 79 - 4 . 1 ( 2h , m , ch 2 ), 3 . 1 - 3 . 3 ( 4h , m , ch 2 ), 2 . 1 ( 1h , m , ch ), 2 . 05 ( 3h , s , ch 3 ), 2 . 07 ( 3h , s , ch 3 ), 1 . 38 ( 9h , s , ch 3 ) thymidine analog with an acetylene linker and a cy3 - fluor ( fig7 and 8 ) a solution of 2 ′- deoxy - 5 - iodouridine ( 6a , 5 g ; 14 . 125 mmol ), triethylamine ( 2 . 35 ml ; 16 . 95 mmol ) and n , n - dimethylaminopyridine ( 517 mg ; 4 . 23 mmol ) in pyridine ( 40 ml ) was cooled to 0 ° c . a separate solution of 4 , 4 ′- dimethoxytrityl chloride ( 5 . 75 g ; 16 . 95 mmol ) in pyridine ( 40 ml ) was added quickly and the resulting suspension was allowed to warm to rt overnight . then the suspension was cooled to 0 ° c ., and triethylamine ( 6 ml ; 42 mmol ) and methanesulfonyl chloride ( 2 ml ; 21 mmol ) were added . the red suspension was allowed to warm to rt . after 2 h the suspension was filtered and the solids were washed with etoac ( 100 ml ). the combined filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give 6b as a brown foam . crude 6b was re - dissolved in a mixture of etoh ( 140 ml ) and aqueous naoh ( 1 m , 70 ml ; 70 mmol ). after being heated under reflux for 90 min , the mixture was treated with aqueous hcl ( 1 m , 40 ml , 40 mmol ). the etoh was removed in vacuo and the remaining suspension was partitioned between ch 2 cl 2 ( 100 ml ) and brine ( 20 ml ). the organic phase was dried ( na 2 so 4 ) and concentrated in vacuo . the crude product was resolved by flash column chromatography ( silica ; gradient 0 - 5 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) giving 6c as a colorless powder ( 9 g , 99 %). 1 h - nmr ( cdcl 3 , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 1 . 42 ( s , 1h ); 2 . 12 - 2 . 18 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 50 - 2 . 61 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 45 - 3 . 66 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 79 ( s , 6h ); 4 . 02 - 4 . 07 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 43 - 4 . 47 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 15 ( dd , j = 8 . 0 , 1 . 8 hz , 1h ); 6 . 84 - 6 . 88 ( m , 4h ); 7 . 20 - 7 . 46 ( m , 9h ); 8 . 25 ( s , 1h ). to a solution of compound 6c ( 9 . 5 g ; 14 . 47 mmol ), triphenylphosphine ( 4 . 2 g ; 16 mmol ) and n - hydroxyphthalimide ( 2 . 6 g ; 16 mmol ) in tetrahydrofuran ( 100 ml ) was added n , n ′- diisopropyl azodicarboxylate ( 3 . 5 ml ; 18 mmol ) at 0 ° c . the resulting orange suspension was allowed to warm to rt overnight , during which time it clarified . the mixture was treated with water ( 0 . 6 ml ) and the solvent was removed in vacuo . most byproducts were removed by flash column chromatography ( silica ; gradient 50 % hexanes in etoac to pure etoac ), giving a mixture ( 10 g ) containing mostly 6d ( etoac : hex = 2 : 1 : rf = 0 . 37 ) together with some triphenylphosphine oxide . this mixture was suspended in meoh ( 750 ml ) and treated with concentrated aqueous hcl ( 37 . 5 ml ; ca 450 mmol ). the clear solution was cooled to − 20 ° c . overnight , yielding compound 6e as slightly orange precipitate ( 1 . 83 g ; 25 %). 1 h - nmr ( d 6 - dmso , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm )= 2 . 29 - 2 . 39 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 56 - 2 . 60 ( m , 1h ); 3 . 64 - 3 . 67 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 28 - 4 . 32 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 90 - 5 . 00 ( m , 1h ); 5 . 29 ( t , j = 4 . 9 hz , 1h ); 6 . 30 ( dd , j = 8 . 3 , 5 . 8 hz , 1h ); 7 . 88 ( s , 4h ); 8 . 39 ( s , 1h ); 11 . 72 ( s , 1h ). compound 6e ( 1 . 8 g , 3 . 66 mmol ) was thoroughly dried by coevaporation twice with 25 ml of toluene on a rotary evaporator in 100 ml round bottom flask . anhydrous dmf ( 25 ml ) was then added , followed by imidazole ( 1 . 45 g , 21 mmol ). the mixture was stirred until all of the imidazole dissolved . tert - butyldiphenylsilyl chloride ( 2 . 2 ml , 4 . 39 mmol ) was then added , and the flask was flushed with nitrogen for 2 minutes . the mixture was then stirred overnight at rt , diluted with ch 2 cl 2 ( 100 ml ) and extracted three times with water ( each 50 ml ) and once with saturated aqueous nacl ( 50 ml ). the organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate , recovered by vacuum filtration , and concentrated by rotary evaporation . the resulting residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel with hexane : etoac ( 1 : 1 ) to give 6f ( 2 . 1 g , 81 %) as white solid . cold methylhydrazine ( 0 . 77 ml , 14 . 9 mmol ) was added to a stirred solution of 6f ( 5 . 5 g , 7 . 45 mmol ) in anhydrous ch 2 cl 2 at − 5 ° c . to − 10 ° c . after 10 minutes , a white precipitation of 1 , 2 - dihydro - 4 - hydroxy - 2 - methyl - 1 - oxophthalizine was formed . the suspension was stirred at rt for 1 h . the precipitate was removed by filtration and was washed with ch 2 cl 2 ( 2 × 50 ml ). the combined filtrates were concentrated by rotary evaporation and the residue purified by silica gel chromatography . elution with hexane : etoac ( 1 : 1 ) gave 6g ( 4 . 4 g , 97 %). compound 6g ( 6 . 4 g , 7 . 57 mmol ) was dried by azeotropic removal of water two times with pyridine ( 10 ml ), with evaporation to dryness on a rotary evaporator each time . the residue was dissolved in anhydrous ch 2 cl 2 ( 25 ml ). diisopropylethylamine ( 3 . 1 ml , 18 mmol ) and monomethoxytrityl chloride ( 4 . 7 g , 15 . 14 mmol ) were then added . the progress of the reaction was monitored by tlc ( hexane / etoac ( 2 : 1 ). after the reaction was complete , the mixture was diluted with ch 2 cl 2 ( 100 ml ), the organic layer was washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate ( 50 ml ) and water ( 50 ml ), and then dried over sodium sulfate . the solvents were removed by rotary evaporation under vacuum , and the residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel ( 230 - 400 mesh ) with 2 : 1 - 1 : 1 hexane : etoac to give 6h ( 7 g , 98 %). compound 6h ( 7 g , 7 . 5 mmol ) was dissolved in thf ( 20 ml ) and treated with tbaf in thf ( 1 m , 20 ml ). the reaction mixture was stirred for 2 h . at which time tlc showed that the reaction was complete . the reaction mixture was concentrated , diluted with ch 2 cl 2 ( 100 ml ), and extracted with water ( 50 ml ) and brine ( 50 ml ). the aqueous extracts were back extracted with ch 2 cl 2 ( 100 ml ), and the combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated . the residue was fractionated by column chromatography ( hexane : etoac , 2 : 1 - 1 : 1 to yield 6i ( 5 g , 95 %) 1 h nmr ( me 2 so - d 6 ): 11 . 71 ( 1h , br s ), 8 . 4 ( 1h , s ), 8 . 1 ( 1h , s ), 7 . 1 - 7 . 4 ( 10h , m ), 6 . 7 - 6 . 8 ( 4h , m ), 6 . 1 ( dd , 8 . 5 , 5 . 8 hz , 1h ), 5 . 1 ( 1h , br s ), 4 . 0 - 4 . 2 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 8 - 4 . 0 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 5 - 3 . 7 ( 2h , m ), 2 . 33 - 2 . 4 ( 1h , m ), 2 . 07 - 2 . 1 ( 1h , m ) compound 6i ( 1 g , 1 . 55 mmol ) was dissolved in dmf ( 25 ml ) and the solution was treated with cui ( 59 mg , 0 . 31 mmol ). the solution was degassed with ar , and then treated successively with triethylamine ( 0 . 43 ml , 3 . 1 mmol ), boc linker ( from above , 1 . 3 g , 3 . 1 mmol ) and pd ( pph 3 ) 4 ( 179 . 18 mg , 0 . 155 mmol ). the resulting yellow solution was stirred for 3 . 0 h at rt . after complete conversion of the starting material was shown by tlc ( ch 2 cl 2 : meoh , 9 : 1 ), the reaction was quenched with 5 % edta ( 25 ml ) and extracted with etoac . the organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to dryness by coevaporating with toluene . the residue was fractionated by column chromatography on silica ( ch 2 cl 2 : meoh , 100 : 8 ) to give 6j ( 0 . 7 g , 50 %). 1 h nmr ( me 2 so - d 6 ): 11 . 6 ( 1h , s ), 8 . 7 ( 1h , m ), 8 . 1 - 8 . 2 ( 2h , m , s ), 7 . 2 - 7 . 4 ( 10h , m ), 7 . 1 ( 2h , d , 8 hz ), 6 . 8 ( 2h , d , 6 hz ), 6 . 1 ( dd , 8 . 6 , 5 . 7 hz , 1h ), 5 . 4 - 5 . 5 ( 2h , m ), 5 . 0 ( 1h , m ), 4 . 0 - 4 . 2 ( 2h , m ), 3 . 8 - 4 . 0 ( 4h , m ), 3 . 75 ( 3h , s ), 2 . 8 - 3 . 2 ( 4h , m ), 2 . 2 - 2 . 3 ( 1h , m ), 2 . 07 ( 3h , s ), 2 . 1 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 3 ( 9h , s ). triphosphate of dutp - onh 2 carrying an acetylene diol linker ( 6k ) to a solution of 5 ′- oh nucleoside derivative 6j ( 3 ′- o — nh - mmtr , linker - di - oac / nh - boc ) ( 930 mg , 1 . 0 mmol ) in pyridine ( 4 ml ) and dioxane ( 3 . 4 ml ) was added a solution of 2 - chloro - 4h - 1 , 3 , 2 - benzodioxaphosphorin - 4 - one ( 260 mg , 1 . 4 mmol ) in dioxane ( 2 . 6 ml ) at rt . after 20 min a mixture of tributylammonium pyrophosphate in dmf ( 0 . 2 m , 14 ml , 2 . 8 mmol ) and tributylamine ( 1 . 6 ml , 6 . 4 mmol ) was added . after 20 min a solution of iodine ( 360 mg , 1 . 4 mmol ) and water ( 0 . 56 ml ) in pyridine ( 28 ml ) was added . after 30 min the reaction was quenched by the addition of aqueous na 2 so 3 ( 5 %, 0 . 5 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . water ( 50 ml ) and ch 3 cn ( 40 ml ) was added , and the mixture was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). rough purification by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c 18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b ═ ch 3 cn , gradient from 18 to 50 % b in 25 min , then to 60 % b in 5 min , then to 90 % b in 2 min , then constant 90 % b for 8 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , r t = 25 - 35 min ) gave the fully protected triphosphate 6k ( mixture of compounds due to partial loss of diol - acetates ) as a colorless foam after lyophilization . intermediate 6k was treated with nh 4 oh ( conc ., 50 ml ) for 4 h at rt and the mixture was lyophilized . the residue was treated with meoh ( 0 . 5 ml ) and tfa ( 9 ml ) at rt for 2 min , resulting in a clear solution . et 2 o ( 75 ml ) was added and the suspension was stored at − 20 ° c . for 1 h . the precipitate was separated by centrifugation and the supernatant was decanted . the precipitate was redissolved carefully in aqueous nh 4 hco 3 buffer ( 200 mm , 45 ml ) containing acetone ( 2 ml ). the ph was adjusted to 6 by addition of dilute aqueous hcl , and the solution was let stand at rt for 2 h . the solvents were removed in vacuo . the residue was dissolved in water ( 45 ml ), and the mixture was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , constant a for 2 min , then gradient from 0 to 18 % b in 13 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , r t = 12 - 15 min ), followed by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c 18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = 50 % ch 3 cn in a , gradient from 0 to 100 % b in 30 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , r t = 20 min ) gave compound 6l as a colorless foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 291 nm , ext . coeff .= 11000 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 270 μmol ( 27 % overall ). part of this material ( ca 200 μmol ) was transformed to the sodium salt by treatment with dowex - 50wx - 8 ( na + ) resin ( 10 g ) in water ( 30 ml ) for 3 h , followed by reverse phase hplc purification , as above . 1 h - nmr ( d 2 o , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to hdo = 4 . 65 )= 1 . 77 ( s , 3h ); 1 . 79 ( s , 3h ); 2 . 13 - 2 . 24 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 41 - 2 . 49 ( m , 1h ); 2 . 85 - 3 . 00 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 38 - 3 . 55 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 05 - 4 . 20 ( m , 4h ); 4 . 26 - 4 . 32 ( m , 1h ); 4 . 46 ( s , 2h ); 4 . 78 - 4 . 83 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 16 ( dd , j = 5 . 4 , 8 . 8 hz , 1h ); 8 . 09 ( s , 1h ). 31 p - nmr ( d 2 o , 120 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to external h 3 po 4 = 0 )=− 8 . 7 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 11 . 3 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 22 . 3 ( t , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ). dutp - onh 2 carrying a cy3 - labelled acetylene diol linker ( compound 6n ) a solution of compound 6l ( sodium salt , 20 μmol ) in aqueous k 2 hpo 4 ( 0 . 5 m , 0 . 6 ml ) was mixed with a solution of cy3 - osu ( 10 mg , ca . 12 μmol ) in dmso ( 0 . 8 ml ) and acetone ( 0 . 4 ml ). the mixture was incubated at rt in the dark for 2 h . the reaction mixture was diluted with water ( 25 ml ) and purified by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , constant a for 2 min , then gradient from 0 to 55 % b in 28 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , r t = 25 min ), to give compound 6m as a red foam after lyophilization . a solution of oxime 6m in water ( 10 ml ) was treated in aqueous naoac buffer ( 1m , ph 4 . 0 , 2 ml , 2 mmol ) with an aqueous hydroxylamine solution ( 50 wt -%, 100 μl , ca . 1 . 6 mmol ). after 3 h at rt in the dark , the reaction was diluted with water ( 10 ml ) and filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , gradient from 0 to 60 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , r t = 18 min ) gave compound 6n as a red foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 290 nm , ext . coeff .= 21000 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 7 . 4 μmol ( ca . 60 % overall with respect to dye ). cytidine analog with acetylene linker and cy3 . 5 fluor ( fig9 and 10 ) to a stirred solution of 5 - iodo 2 ′- deoxyuridine ( 7a , 10 g , 28 . 2 mmol ) in pyridine ( 150 ml ) were added et 3 n ( 4 . 4 ml , 31 . 6 mmol ) and dmap ( 350 mg , 2 . 86 mmol ), followed by addition of dmtcl ( 10 . 5 g , 30 . 9 mmol ) at rt . the reaction mixture was stirred overnight at rt . et 3 n ( 4 . 8 ml , 34 . 5 mmol ) and mscl ( 2 . 54 ml , 32 . 8 mmol ) were then added to this mixture . after being stirred at rt for 2 h , the mixture was filtered , and the solid was washed with etoac . the filtrate was concentrated , dissolved in etoh ( 150 ml ) and naoh ( 1 m , 70 ml ) was added . after being refluxed for 1 . 5 h , the mixture was cooled to rt and treated with hcl ( 1 m , 40 ml ). the etoh was removed by rotary evaporation and the residue was extracted with ch 2 cl 2 . the organic layer was washed with brine , dried ( na 2 so 4 ), filtered and concentrated . the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography ( hexane : etoac = 2 : 1 to 1 : 2 ) to give 7b ( 9 . 5 g , 14 . 5 mmol , 51 %). 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ): δ 9 . 52 ( s , 1h ), 8 . 21 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 21 - 7 . 44 ( m , 9h ), 6 . 82 ( m , 4h ), 6 . 15 ( dd , 1h ), 4 . 42 ( m , 1h ), 4 . 06 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 80 ( s , 6h ), 3 . 62 ( m , 2h ), 3 . 42 ( m , 2h ), 3 . 12 ( m , 1h ), 2 . 72 ( m , 1h ), 2 . 19 ( m , 1h ). to a stirred solution of solution of 7b ( 6 . 7 g , 10 . 2 mmol ) in ch 2 cl 2 ( 60 ml ) was added trichloroacetic acid ( 3 . 34 g , 20 . 4 mmol ) at rt . the reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 2 hours and then poured into hexane ( 200 ml ). the precipitate was removed by filtration , washed with diethyl ether , and dried to give 7c . this solid was dissolved in dmf ( 45 ml ) and the solution was treated with imidazole ( 2 . 08 g , 30 . 6 mmol ) and tbdpscl ( 2 . 88 ml , 11 . 2 mmol ) at 0 ° c . the mixture was warmed to rt , stirred for 3 h , poured into water ( 200 ml ) and extracted with ethyl ether . the organic layer was dried ( na 2 so 4 ), filtered and concentrated . the residue was fractionated by silica gel column chromatography ( hexane : etoac = 2 : 1 to 1 : 2 ) to give 7d ( 5 . 02 g , 8 . 5 mmol , 83 %). compound 7c : 1 h nmr ( dmso - d 6 ): δ 11 . 63 ( s , 1h ), 8 . 35 ( s , 1h ), 5 . 99 ( dd , 1h , j = 1 . 8 and 8 . 1 ), 5 . 31 ( d , 1h , j = 3 . 3 ), 4 . 72 ( t , 1h , j = 5 . 4 ), 4 . 19 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 79 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 57 - 3 . 74 ( m , 2h ), 2 . 49 ( m , 1h ), 1 . 87 ( m , 1h ). compound 7d : 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ): δ 9 . 31 ( s , 1h ), 8 . 32 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 66 - 7 . 72 ( m , 4h ), 7 . 39 - 7 . 50 ( m , 6h ), 6 . 16 ( dd , 1h , j = 1 . 8 and 8 . 1 ), 4 . 53 ( m , 1h ), 4 . 09 ( m , 2h ), 3 . 89 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 50 ( br s , 1h ), 2 . 53 ( m , 1h ), 2 . 14 ( dd , 1h , j = 1 . 8 and 15 . 0 ), 1 . 09 ( s , 9h ); 13 c nmr ( cdcl 3 ): δ 160 . 51 , 150 . 60 , 146 . 53 , 135 . 77 , 135 . 75 , 132 . 59 , 132 . 44 , 130 . 45 , 128 . 28 , 128 . 25 , 85 . 43 , 85 . 58 , 71 . 17 , 68 . 00 , 62 . 56 , 41 . 27 , 27 . 14 . to a stirred suspension of 7d ( 1 . 92 g , 3 . 24 mmol ), pph 3 ( 1 . 27 g , 4 . 84 mmol ) and n - hydroxyphthalimide ( 793 mg , 4 . 86 mmol ) in toluene ( 35 ml ) was added diad ( 0 . 96 ml , 4 . 88 mmol ) at 0 ° c . the reaction mixture was warmed to rt , stirred at rt for 1 h , and concentrated by rotary evaporation . the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography ( hexane : etoac = 2 : 1 to 1 : 1 ) to give compound 7e ( 1 . 9 g , 2 . 58 mmol , 79 %). 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ): δ 8 . 49 ( s , 1h ), 8 . 09 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 84 - 8 . 09 ( m , 2h ), 7 . 78 - 7 . 82 ( m , 2h ), 7 . 60 - 7 . 65 ( m , 4h ), 7 . 34 - 7 . 44 ( m , 6h ), 6 . 44 ( dd , 1h , j = 5 . 1 and 9 . 0 ), 4 . 94 ( m , 1h ), 4 . 49 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 96 ( dd , 1h , j = 3 . 0 and 11 . 7 ), 3 . 83 ( dd , 1h , j = 3 . 0 and 11 . 7 ), 2 . 84 ( dd , 1h , j = 5 . 4 and 14 . 4 ), 2 . 13 ( m , 1h ( ) 1 . 06 ( s , 9h ). to a stirred suspension of 7e ( 4 . 9 g , 6 . 64 mmol ) in etoh ( 50 ml ) was added hydrazine hydrate ( 0 . 41 ml , 13 . 2 mmol ) at rt . the mixture was stirred ( 30 min ), filtered and washed with ch 2 cl 2 . the filtrate was concentrated and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography ( hex / etoac = 1 / 1 ) to give compound 7f ( 3 . 45 g , 5 . 68 mmol , 85 %). compound 7f ( 3 . 45 g , 5 . 68 mmol ) was dissolved in ch 2 cl 2 ( 60 ml ) and the solution was treated with n , n - diisopropylethylamine ( 1 . 48 ml , 8 . 5 mmol ) and mmtcl ( 1 . 93 g , 6 . 25 mmol ). the mixture was stirred for 1 h at rt and concentrated . the residue was resolved by silica gel column chromatography ( hexane : etoac = 2 : 1 ) to give compound 7g ( 4 . 09 g , 4 . 65 mmol , 82 %). 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ): δ8 . 64 ( s , 1h ), 8 . 04 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 25 - 7 . 73 ( m , 20h ), 7 . 13 ( m , 2h ), 6 . 79 ( m , 2h ), 6 . 59 ( s , 1h ), 6 . 11 ( dd , 1h , j = 5 . 1 and 9 . 3 ), 4 . 23 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 99 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 81 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 78 ( s , 3h ), 3 . 58 ( dd , 1h , j = 3 . 0 and 11 . 7 ), 2 . 48 ( m , 1h ), 1 . 87 ( m , 1h ), 1 . 04 ( s , 9h ). to a suspension of 1 , 2 , 4 - triazole ( 4 . 33 g , 62 . 7 mmol ) in ch 3 cn ( 50 ml ) was added pocl 3 ( 1 . 28 ml , 13 . 98 mmol ) at 0 ° c . this mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 10 min and et 3 n ( 8 . 74 ml , 62 . 7 mmol ) was added . the reaction mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 30 min and a solution of 7g ( 4 . 09 g , 4 . 65 mmol ) in ch 3 cn ( 50 ml ) was added at 0 ° c . this mixture was stirred at rt for 2 h , water ( 15 ml ) was added and the reaction mixture was concentrated . the residue was diluted with ch 2 cl 2 and washed with sat . aq . nahco 3 solution . the organic layer was dried ( na 2 so 4 ), filtered and concentrated . the residue was dissolved in pyridine / nh 4 oh ( 1 / 1 , 70 ml ), stirred at rt for 3 h and concentrated . the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography ( ch 2 cl 2 : meoh = 100 : 0 to 15 : 1 ) to give compound 7h ( 3 . 6 g , 4 . 1 mmol , 88 %). 1 h nmr ( dmso - d 6 ): δ 8 . 17 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 86 ( brs , 2h ), 7 . 09 - 7 . 64 ( m , 22h ), 6 . 79 ( m , 2h ), 6 . 63 ( brs , 1h ), 3 . 96 ( dd , 1h , j = 5 . 4 and 9 . 0 ), 4 . 04 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 96 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 69 ( s , 3h ), 3 . 65 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 51 ( m , 1h ), 2 . 29 ( m , 1h ), 1 . 72 ( m , 2h ), 0 . 94 ( s , 9h ). compound 7h ( 1 . 89 g , 2 . 15 mmol ) was dissolved in thf ( 30 ml ) and 1m tbaf in thf ( 3 ml ) was added . the reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 1 h and concentrated . the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography ( ch 2 cl 2 : meoh = 15 : 1 to 12 : 1 ) to give compound 7i ( 1 . 11 g , 1 . 73 mmol , 80 %). 1 h nmr ( dmso - d 6 ): δ 8 . 20 ( s , 1h ), 8 . 07 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 78 ( brs , 1h ), 7 . 19 - 7 . 30 ( m , 10h ), 7 . 10 ( d , 2h , j = 9 . 3 ), 6 . 82 ( d , 2h , j = 9 . 0 ), 6 . 59 ( brs , 1h ), 5 . 97 ( dd , 1h , j = 5 . 7 and 7 . 8 ), 5 . 01 ( t , 1h , j = 4 . 7 ), 3 . 97 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 91 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 71 ( s , 3h ), 3 . 46 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 37 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 21 ( m , 1h ), 1 . 74 ( m , 1h ). to a mixture of 7i ( 920 mg , 1 . 44 mmol ) and cui ( 55 mg , 0 . 29 mmol ) in dmf ( 15 ml ) were added pd ( pph 3 ) 4 ( 166 mg , 0 . 14 mmol ) and et 3 n ( 0 . 4 ml , 2 . 87 mmol ). after addition of a solution of the linker from above ( 1 . 18 g , 2 . 85 mmol ) in dmf ( 10 ml ), the reaction mixture was stirred overnight at rt and concentrated . the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography ( ch 2 cl 2 / meoh = 15 / 1 to 10 / 1 ). the isolated product was further purified by reverse hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c 18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 50 % ch 3 cn in water , eluent b = 100 % ch 3 cn , gradient from 0 to 70 % b in 20 min , flow rate 5 ml / min ). the peak at 21 min was collected and lyophilized to give a white solid 7j ( 600 mg , 0 . 65 mmol , 45 %). 1 h nmr ( dmso - d 6 ): δ 8 . 61 ( t , 1h , j = 5 . 4 ), 8 . 13 ( t , 1h , j = 5 . 4 ), 8 . 07 ( s , 1h ), 8 . 04 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 78 ( brs , 1h ), 7 . 19 - 7 . 30 ( m , 10h ), 7 . 09 ( d , 2h , j = 9 . 0 ), 6 . 82 ( d , 2h , j = 9 . 0 ), 6 . 72 ( m , 2h ), 5 . 98 ( dd , 1h , j = 6 . 0 and 8 . 7 ), 5 . 45 ( s , 2h ), 4 . 95 ( t , 1h , j = 4 . 8 ), 3 . 99 - 4 . 17 ( m , 4h ), 3 . 71 ( s , 3h ), 2 . 86 - 3 . 47 ( m , 6h ), 2 . 24 ( m , 1h ), 2 . 07 , 2 . 21 ( 2s , 6h ), 1 . 71 ( m , 1h ), 1 . 35 ( s , 9h ); esi - ms : m / e = 925 to a stirred solution of 7j ( 240 mg , 0 . 26 mmol ) in pyridine ( 1 . 3 ml ) and 1 , 4 - dioxane ( 1 ml ) was added a solution of 2 - chloro - 4h - 1 , 3 , 2 - benzodioxaphosphorin - 4 - one in 1 , 4 - dioxane ( 100 mg / 1 ml , 0 . 9 ml ). after 20 min stirring at rt , a mixture of a 0 . 2 m tributylammonium pyrophosphate in dmf ( 4 . 55 ml ) and bu 3 n ( 0 . 52 ml ) was added . after 30 min stirring , a solution of i 2 ( 117 mg ) in pyridine ( 9 . 1 ml ) and water ( 0 . 18 ml ) was added . after 30 min of further stirring , 5 % aq . na 2 so 3 solution was added until the color disappeared . the solvents were removed by rotary evaporation and the residue was dissolved in ch 3 cn / h 2 o ( 1 / 1 , 20 ml ). solids were removed by filtration ( 0 . 45 μm filter ) and purified by ion exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1m nh 4 hco 3 , gradient from 0 % to 50 % b in 30 min , flow rate 10 ml / min ). the fraction containing triphosphate was pooled and lyophilized to give the intermediate , which was dissolved in water ( 10 ml ). nh 4 oh ( 10 ml ) was added and the mixture was stirred for 3 h stirring at rt . the solvent was removed under vacuum , and the residue was dissolved in water ( 25 ml ) and resolved by ion exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1m nh 4 hco 3 , gradient from 0 % to 50 % b in 30 min , flow rate 10 ml / min ). the fraction containing triphosphate was pooled and lyophilized to give triphosphate with 3 ′- onhmmtr (˜ 40 mg ), which was separated into 4 eppendorf tubes . to each eppendorf tube were added meoh ( 10 μl ) and tfa ( 200 μl ). after vortex , the mixture was stand at rt for 2 min and et 2 o ( 1 . 5 ml ) was added . after vortexing , the mixture was allowed to stand at − 20 ° c . for 30 min . after centrifuge ( 10 , 000 rpm , 10 min ), the supernatant was decanted . the residue was dissolved in aqueous nh 4 hco 3 ( 200 mm , 0 . 5 ml ) and acetone ( 30 μl ) was added . after 1 h , the mixture was lyophilized , dissolved in water ( 20 ml ), fractionated by reverse hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c 18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b ═ ch 3 cn , gradient from 20 % to 40 % b in 20 min , flow rate 5 ml / min , r t = 12 min ), and lyophilized to give 7k (˜ 30 mg ). 1 h nmr ( d 2 o ): δ 8 . 09 ( s , 1h ), 6 . 16 ( m , 1h ), 4 . 08 - 4 . 82 ( m , 8h ), 3 . 48 ( m , 2h ), 3 . 03 ( m , 2h ), 2 . 48 ( m , 1h ), 2 . 14 ( m , 1h ), 1 . 82 , 1 . 79 ( 2s , 6h ); 31 p nmr ( d 2 o ): δ − 9 . 19 ( m ), − 10 . 47 ( m ), − 21 . 75 ( m ). compound 7k ( 5 mg ) was dissolved in aq . k 2 hpo 4 ( 500 mm , 400 μl ). a solution of cy 3 . 5 nhs ester ( 5 mg ) in dmso ( 400 μl ) and acetone ( 200 μl ) was added . the reaction mixture was allowed to stand overnight at rt and water was added . this mixture was purified by ion exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m nh 4 hco 3 , gradient from 70 % to 100 % b in 20 min , flow rate 10 ml / min , r t = 16 - 19 min ). after lyophilization , the 3 ′- oxime derivative was dissolved in water ( 5 ml ) and 1m naoac ( ph = 4 , 1 ml ) was added . to this solution was added nh 2 oh ( 60 μl ). after 2 h in the dark , water ( 7 ml ) was added and the mixture was purified by ion exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1m nh 4 hco 3 , gradient from 70 % to 100 % b in 10 min , then constant 100 % b in 30 min , flow rate 10 ml / min , r t = 21 - 25 min ) to give compound 7l ( 0 . 7 μmol by uv ). adenine analog with acetylene linker and cy5 - fluor ( fig1 and 12 ) 2 ′- deoxydeazaadenosine ( 8a , 1 . 7 g , 7 . 11 mmol ) was dried by co - evaporation twice with toluene ( 25 ml , rotary evaporation in a 100 ml round bottom flask ). the material was dissolved in anhydrous dmf ( 25 ml ) and the solution was treated with imidazole ( 1 . 45 g , 21 mmol ) with stirring until all of the imidazole had dissolved . to the solution was added tert - butyldimethylsilyl chloride ( 1 . 2 g , 8 . 5 mmol ). the flask was flushed with dry n 2 ( 2 min ) and the mixture was stirred overnight at rt . the mixture was diluted with ch 2 cl 2 ( 100 ml ) and the organic layer was extract with water ( 3 × 50 ml ) and brine ( 1 × 50 ml ). the organic layer was dried ( na 2 so 4 ), filtered , and concentrated ( rotary evaporation ). the residue was resolved by flash column chromatography ( silica gel , eluant 5 % meoh / 95 % ch 2 cl 2 to 9 : 1 ch 2 cl 2 / meoh ) to give 8b ( 2 . 5 g , 7 . 11 mmol ). a solution of 5 ′- o -( tert - butyldimethylsilyl )- deoxydeazaadenosine ( 8b ) ( 2 . 5 g , 7 . 11 mmol ), benzoic acid ( 1 . 4 g , 11 . 4 mmol ) and triphenylphosphine ( 3 g , 11 . 4 mmol ) in thf ( 100 ml ) was treated dropwise with diisopropylazodicarboxylate ( diad , 2 . 2 ml , 11 . 4 mmol ) at rt . the mixture was stirred for 1 h at rt . the reaction was quenched by the addition of meoh ( 10 ml ); stirring was continued for 15 min . the solvents were removed in vacuo and the residue was resolved by flash column chromatography ( silica gel , eluant 2 % to 5 % meoh / ch 2 cl 2 to give 8c ( 3 . 3 g , 7 mmol ). this intermediate ( 8c , 3 . 3 g , 7 mmol ) was dried by co - evaporation twice with anhydrous pyridine ( 10 ml ). the residue was dissolved in a mixture of ch 2 cl 2 ( 25 pyridine ( 1 . 4 ml ) and triethylamine ( 4 . 7 ml ), and the solution was cooled in an ice bath . acetyl chloride ( 8 . 5 mmol , 0 . 6 ml ) was then added at 0 ° c ., and the mixture was allowed to slowly warm to rt . the mixture was stirred for an additional 16 h at rt . the reaction was quenched by the addition of meoh ( 30 ml ) followed by stirring for 30 min at rt . the mixture was again cooled on ice to 0 ° c . and diluted with concentrated aqueous ammonia ( 10 ml ). the mixture was stirred for an additional 15 min at 0 ° c . the solvents were removed by rotary evaporation and the residue was dissolved in ch 2 cl 2 ( 125 ml ) and the solution was extracted with saturated aqueous nahco 3 . the organic phase was dried ( na 2 so 4 ), filtered , rotary evaporated , and then dried under high vacuum to give 8d ( 1 . 5 g , 2 . 62 mmol ). 8d ( 1 . 34 g , 2 . 62 mmol ) was dissolved in ch 2 cl 2 ( 100 ml ). to this was added potassium carbonate ( na 2 co 3 ) ( 1 . 4 g , 10 . 48 mmol ) and icl ( 0 . 853 g , 5 . 25 mmol ). the mixture was stirred for 21 h at rt . the organic solution was washed with aqueous na 2 s 2 o 3 ( 0 . 1 m , 50 ml ) and saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 50 ml ), dried over na 2 so 4 and evaporated . the residue was resolved by silica gel chromatography ( eluant hexane : etoac 2 : 1 ) to give 8e ( 1 . 2 g , 1 . 8 mmol ). this intermediate was re - dissolved in meoh ( 100 ml ) and treated with naome in meoh ( 30 %, 0 . 2 ml , 2 . 7 mmol ). after 2 h at rt , the reaction was quenched by the addition of acoh ( glacial , 0 . 100 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between ch 2 cl 2 ( 100 ml ) and aqueous nacl ( 50 % sat ., 50 ml ). the organic phase was separated and the solvent removed in vacuo . purification by flc ( silica , gradient 5 to 10 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) gave 8f ( 0 . 847 g ; 1 . 9 mmol ) as a colorless foam . 1 h - nmr ( me 2 so - d 6 ): 8 . 1 ( 1h , s ), 7 . 7 ( 1h , s ), 6 . 6 ( 2h , br 6 . 4 ( 1h , m ), 5 . 6 ( 1h , m ), 4 . 3 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 7 - 3 . 9 ( 3h , m ), 2 . 6 - 2 . 7 ( 1h , m ), 2 . 1 - 2 . 2 ( 1h , m ), 0 . 82 ( 9h , s ), − 0 . 02 ( 6h , s ). a solution of 8f ( 0 . 847 g , 1 . 9 mmol ), n - hydroxy - phthalimide ( 0 . 489 g , 3 mmol ) and triphenylphosphine ( 0 . 786 g , 3 mmol ) in thf ( 50 ml ) was treated with diad ( 0 . 6 ml , 3 mmol ) at rt . the mixture was stirred for 1 h at rt , after which the reaction was quenched by the addition of meoh ( 10 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . resolution of the residue by flc ( silica , gradient 3 to 10 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) gave 8g ( 1 . 2 g , 1 . 9 mmol ) as a colorless foam . cold methylhydrazine ( 0 . 19 ml , 3 . 8 mmol ) was added to a stirred solution of 8g ( 1 . 2 g , 1 . 9 mmol ) in anhydrous ch 2 cl 2 at − 5 ° c . to − 10 ° c . after 10 minutes , white 1 , 2 - dihydro - 4 - hydroxy - 2 - methyl - 1 - oxophthalizine precipitated . the suspension was stirred at rt ( 1 h ). the solids were removed by filtration and the precipitate was washed with ch 2 cl 2 ( 2 × 20 ml ). the combined filtrates were concentrated and the residue resolved by column chromatography ( silica gel , elution gradient 0 to 3 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) to give 8h ( 0 . 959 g , 1 . 9 mmol ). a sample of 8h was dried by rotary evaporation twice with pyridine ( 10 ml ). the residue was dissolved in anhydrous ch 2 cl 2 ( 25 ml ). diisopropyl ethylamine ( 0 . 66 ml , 3 . 8 mmol ) and monomethoxytrityl chloride ( 0 . 645 g , 2 . 1 mmol ) were added and the progress of the tritylation reaction was monitored by tlc ( silica , hexane : etoac 1 : 1 ). when the reaction was complete , the mixture was diluted with ch 2 cl 2 ( 100 ml ). the organic layer was washed with saturated nahco 3 ( 50 ml ) and water ( 50 ml ) and dried ( na 2 so 4 ). the solids were removed by filtration and the solvents were removed by rotary evaporation ( vacuum pump ). the residue was resolved by flash chromatography ( silica gel , 230 - 400 mesh , gradient 2 : 1 hexane / etoac to 1 : 1 hexane / etoac ) to give 8i ( 0 . 8 g , 1 . 1 mmol ). 8i ( 0 . 8 g , 1 . 1 mmol ) was dissolved in thf ( 2 ml ) and the solution was treated with a solution of tbaf in thf ( 1 m , 2 ml ). the mixture was stirred for 30 min , at which time the reaction was complete ( tlc ). the mixture was concentrated by rotary evaporation , diluted with ch 2 cl 2 ( 100 ml ), and extracted with water ( 50 ml ) and brine ( 50 ml ). the aqueous phases were back extracted with ch 2 cl 2 ( 100 ml ). the combined organic solutions were dried ( na 2 so 4 ) and concentrated by rotary evaporation . the residue was resolved by column chromatography ( silica gel , eluted with a gradient 0 to 5 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) to give 8j ( 0 . 6 g , 1 mmol ). 1 h - nmr ( me 2 so - d 6 ): 8 . 1 ( 1h , s ), 8 . 05 ( 1h , s ), 7 . 6 ( 1h , s ), 7 . 2 - 7 . 4 ( 10h , m ), 6 . 8 ( 4h , m ), 6 . 6 ( 2h , br s ), 6 . 3 ( 1h , m ), 5 . 0 ( 1h , m ), 4 . 0 - 4 . 1 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 9 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 8 ( 3h , s ), 3 . 3 - 3 . 5 ( 2h , m ), 2 . 2 - 2 . 3 ( 2h , m ). intermediate 8j ( 0 . 663 g , 1 mmol ) was dissolved in dmf ( 25 ml ). cui ( 38 mg , 0 . 2 mmol ) was added and the solution was degassed with ar . triethylamine ( 0 . 3 ml , 2 mmol ), boc linker ( 5d , 0 . 828 g , 2 mmol ) and pd ( pph 3 ) 4 ( 115 . 6 mg , 0 . 1 mmol ) were added successively . the yellow solution was stirred for 1 . 0 h at rt . after complete conversion of the starting material ( tlc , ch 2 cl 2 : meoh 9 : 1 ). the reaction was quenched with 25 ml of 5 % edta and extracted with etoac . the organic layer was dried ( na 2 so 4 ) and concentrated to dryness by co evaporating with toluene . the crude mixture was purified by column chromatography on silica ( ch 2 cl 2 : meoh 100 : 8 ) to yield 8k ( 0 . 8 g , 0 . 9 mmol ). 1 h - nmr ( me 2 so - d 6 ): 8 . 8 ( 1h , br s ), 8 . 7 ( 1h , br s ), 8 . 1 ( 1h , br s ), 8 . 05 ( 1h , s ), 7 . 7 ( 1h , s ), 7 . 1 - 7 . 3 ( 10h , m ), 6 . 8 - 6 . 9 ( 4h , m ), 6 . 7 ( 1h , br s ), 6 . 3 ( 1h , m ), 5 . 4 - 5 . 5 ( 2h , m ), 5 . 1 ( 1h , m ), 4 . 0 - 4 . 1 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 9 ( 1h , m ), 3 . 8 ( 3h , s ), 3 . 3 - 3 . 4 ( 1h , m ), 2 . 8 - 3 . 2 ( 4h , m ), 2 . 2 - 2 . 3 ( 2h , m ), 2 . 1 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 9 ( 3h , s ), 1 . 4 ( 9h , s ). to a solution of the fully protected 5 ′- oh nucleoside 8k ( 3 ′- o — nh - mmtr , linker - di - oac / nh - boc ) ( 480 mg , 0 . 5 mmol ) in pyridine ( 2 ml ) and dioxane ( 1 . 7 ml ) was added a solution of 2 - chloro - 4h - 1 , 3 , 2 - benzodioxaphosphorin - 4 - one ( 130 mg , 0 . 7 mmol ) in dioxane ( 1 . 3 ml ) at rt . after 20 min , a mixture of tributylammonium pyrophosphate in dmf ( 0 . 2 m , 7 ml , 1 . 4 mmol ) and tributylamine ( 0 . 8 ml , 3 . 2 mmol ) was added . after a further 20 min , a solution of iodine ( 180 mg , 0 . 7 mmol ) and water ( 0 . 28 ml ) in pyridine ( 14 ml ) was added . after 30 min , the reaction was quenched by the addition of aqueous na 2 so 3 ( 5 %, 0 . 5 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . water ( 25 ml ) and ch 3 cn ( 20 ml ) was added , and the mixture was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). rough purification by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c 18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b ═ ch 3 cn , gradient from 18 to 50 % b in 25 min , then to 60 % b in 5 min , then to 90 % b in 2 min , then constant 90 % b for 8 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , r t = 25 - 33 min ) gave protected triphosphate 8l ( mixture of compounds due to partial loss of diol - acetates ) as a colorless foam after lyophilization . this intermediate was treated with ammonium hydroxide ( conc ., 50 ml ) for 4 h at rt and then lyophilized again . the residue was treated with meoh ( 1 . 2 ml ) and tfa ( 32 ml ) at rt for 3 min , resulting in a clear solution . diethyl ether ( 250 ml ) was added and the suspension was stored at − 20 ° c . for 1 h . the precipitate was separated by centrifugation and the supernatant was decanted . the precipitate was redissolved carefully in aqueous sodium bicarbonate buffer ( 80 mm , 130 ml ) containing acetone ( 2 ml ). the ph was adjusted to 6 by addition of dilute aqueous hcl , and the solution was let stand at rt for 3 h . the remaining acetone and diethyl ether were removed in vacuo . the aqueous solution was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m teab ph 8 , constant a for 2 min , then gradient from 0 to 50 % b in 16 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , r t = 16 min ), followed by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c 18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = 50 % ch 3 cn in a , gradient from 20 to 60 % b in 25 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , r t = 18 min ) gave 8m as a colorless foam after lyophilization . the yield was estimated by uv ( 280 nm , ext . coeff . 13000 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be ca . 130 μmol ( ca . 25 % overall ). 1 h - nmr ( d 2 o , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to hdo = 4 . 65 )= 1 . 79 ( s , 3h ); 1 . 84 ( s , 3h ); 2 . 45 - 2 . 52 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 00 - 3 . 08 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 42 - 3 . 48 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 95 - 4 . 10 ( m , 3h ); 4 . 18 - 4 . 28 ( m , 2h ); 4 . 48 ( s , 2h ); 4 . 83 - 4 . 88 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 33 ( dd , j = 7 . 4 , 7 . 6 hz , 1h ); 7 . 48 ( s , 1h ); 7 . 86 ( s , 1h ). 31 p - nmr ( d 2 o , 120 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to external h 3 po 4 = 0 )=− 9 . 0 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 11 . 2 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 22 . 5 ( t , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ). a solution of 8m ( estimated 10 μmol ) in aqueous k 2 hpo 4 ( 0 . 5 m , 0 . 5 ml ) was mixed with a solution of cy5 - osu ( 8 mg , ca . 8 μmol ) in dmso ( 0 . 7 ml ) and acetone ( 0 . 35 ml ). the mixture was incubated at rt in the dark for 4 h . the reaction mixture was diluted with water ( 16 ml ) and purified by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , constant a for 2 min , then gradient from 0 to 60 % b in 18 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , r t = 19 min ), to give 8n as a blue foam after lyophilization . to a solution of this oxime in water ( 10 ml ) was added aqueous sodium acetate buffer ( 1m , ph 4 . 0 , 2 ml , 2 mmol ) and aqueous hydroxylamine solution ( 50 wt -%, 100 μl , ca . 1 . 6 mmol ). after 3 h at rt in the dark , the reaction was diluted with water ( 10 ml ) and filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , constant a for 2 min , then gradient from 0 to 80 % b in 18 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , r t = 17 min ) gave 80 as a blue foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 290 nm , ext . coeff .= 19000 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 4 . 6 μmol ( ca . 60 % with respect to dye ). synthesis of guanine analog with an attached fluor ( fig1 and 14 ) to a stirring solution of 2 - amino - 4 - chloro - pyrrolo [ 2 , 3 - d ] pyrimidine ( 7 . 3 g , 43 . 61 mmol ) in anhydrous pyridine ( 120 ml ) was added pivaloyl chloride ( 18 . 7 ml , 152 . 63 mmol ). the reaction was stirred at rt under nitrogen for 16 h and quenched with meoh ( 50 ml ). the solvents were then removed in vacuo , and the residue was co - evaporated with toluene ( 100 ml ). the resulting residue was dissolved in etoac ( 150 ml ) and washed with 0 . 1 m hcl ( 3 × 75 ml ). the organic layer was dried ( mgso 4 ) and evaporated . the crude material was resolved by silica chromatography ( 30 % etoac / hexane ) to yield 9a ( 12 . 2 g ) as a white crystalline solid . 1 h - nmr ( dmso - d 6 ): 1 . 2 ( 9h , s ), 6 . 5 ( 1h , d , j 1 = 4 hz ), 7 . 5 ( 1h , d , j 1 = 4 hz ), 10 . 1 ( 1h , s ), 12 . 3 ( 1h , s ). 4 - chloro - 2 - trimethylacetamido - pyrrolo [ 2 , 3 - d ] pyrimidine ( 9a , 10 . 9 g , 43 . 24 mmol ) was dissolved in anhydrous thf ( 120 ml ) under nitrogen . after the addition of n - iodosuccinimide ( 10 . 7 g , 47 . 56 mmol ), the mixture was stirred at rt for 1 h . the solvent was then removed in vacuo . the residue dissolved in etoac ( 100 ml ) and washed with 1 m sodium thiosulfate ( 3 × 100 ml ). column chromatography purification ( 2 % meoh in dcm , isocratic ) yielded 9b ( 12 . 9 g ). 1 h - nmr ( dmso - d 6 ): 1 . 2 ( 9h , s ), 7 . 8 ( 1h , d , j 1 = 4 hz ), 10 . 1 ( 1h , s ), 12 . 7 ( 1h , s ). to a suspension of powdered koh ( 1 g , 85 %, 18 . 44 mmol ) and tda - 1 ( 0 . 2 ml , 0 . 63 mmol ) in ch 3 cn ( 60 ml ), was added compound 9b ( 2 g , 5 . 3 mmol ). after stirring the mixture for 5 min , 2 - deoxy - 3 , 5 - di - o -( p - toluoyl )- a - d - erythro - pentofuranosyl chloride ( 2 . 7 g , 6 . 9 mmol ) was added and the stirring was continued for 1 h . insoluble material was removed by filtration , the precipitate was washed with ch 3 cn and then hot acetone , and the combined filtrates were evaporated to dryness . the residue was resolved by fc ( silica gel , eluent ch 2 cl 2 ). the combined fractions containing product were evaporated to give 9c as a foam ( 1 . 6 g ); tlc ( silica gel , a ): rf = 0 . 53 . 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ): d = 1 . 35 - 1 . 37 ( m , 9h , 3 ch3 ), 2 . 42 ( s , 3h , ch3 ), 2 . 45 ( s , 3h , ch3 ), 2 . 78 - 2 . 82 ( m , 1h , h - 2 ), 2 . 91 - 2 . 97 ( m , 1h , h - 2 ), 4 . 55 - 4 . 58 , 4 . 63 - 4 . 66 , 4 . 73 - 4 . 76 ( 3 m , 3h , h - 4 , 2h - 5 ), 5 . 77 - 4 . 78 ( m , 1h , h - 3 ), 6 . 74 ( t , 1h , j = 6 . 8 hz , h - 1 ), 7 . 25 , 7 . 28 , 7 . 90 , 7 . 98 ( 4 d , 8h , j = 8 . 1 hz ,), 8 . 16 ( s , 1h , h - 6 ), 10 . 29 ( s , 1h , nh ). a solution of 9c ( 3 . 8 g , 5 . 2 mmol ) in 0 . 5m meona / meoh ( 71 ml ) was heated under reflux for 3 h . the reaction mixture was neutralized with glacial acetic acid ( 2 . 0 ml ), the crude product was adsorbed to silica gel , and applied on the top of a silica column eluting with 95 : 5 ch 2 cl 2 : meoh . compound containing fractions were collected and evaporated to dryness to give 9d ( 1 . 8 g ) as a colorless solid . to a stirred solution of 9d ( 1 . 5 g ; 3 . 69 mmol ) and imidazole ( 652 mg ; 9 . 5 mmol ) in anhydrous dmf ( 15 ml ) was added tert - butyldimethylsilyl chloride ( 0 . 720 g ; 4 . 8 mmol ). the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 20 h . most of the solvent was removed in vacuo , and the residue was purified by flash column chromatography ( silica gel , eluant etaoc : hexane 1 : 2 - 0 . 5 ) to give 9e ( 1 . 5 g ) as a white foam . 1 h nmr ( cdcl 3 ): 7 . 23 ( s , 1h ), 6 . 49 ( dd , j = 6 . 1 , 7 . 7 hz , 1h ), 4 . 46 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 99 ( s , 3h ), 3 . 94 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 79 - 3 . 87 ( m , 2h ), 2 . 36 - 2 . 44 ( ddd , j = 5 . 8 , 7 . 7 , 13 . 3 hz , 1h ), 2 . 24 - 2 . 31 ( ddd , j = 3 . 1 , 6 . 0 , 13 . 3 hz , 1h ), 0 . 96 ( s , 9h ), 0 . 14 ( s , 3h ), 0 . 13 ( s , 3h ) a solution of 9e ( 1 . 5 g , 2 . 88 mmol ), p - nitrobenzoic acid ( 770 mg , 4 . 61 mmol ) and ph 3 p ( 1 . 2 g , 4 . 61 mmol ) in thf ( 20 ml ) was added diad ( 0 . 9 ml , 4 . 61 mmol ) at rt . after incubation for 1 h , meoh ( 2 ml ) was added . the solvents were removed in vacuo and the residue was resolved by flc ( silica , gradient etoac - hexane 1 : 2 to 1 : 1 ) to give 9f ( 1 . 7 g ) as a yellowish white solid . a solution of 9f ( 1 . 7 g ) in methanolic ammonia ( 40 ml ) was stirred for 1 h at rt and then concentrated under vacuum . the residue was resolved by chromatography ( silica gel , eluent etoac : hexane 1 : 2 - 2 : 1 ) to give 9g ( 1 . 4 g ) as white foam . 1 h nmr ( dmso - d 6 ): 7 . 4 ( s , 1h ), 6 . 3 - 6 . 4 ( s , 2h ), 6 . 25 - 6 . 3 ( dd , j = 2 . 7 , 8 . 4 hz , 1h ), 5 . 4 ( d , j , 3 . 9 , 1h ), 4 . 3 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 99 ( s , 3h ), 3 . 94 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 7 - 3 . 8 ( m , 2h ), 2 . 6 - 2 . 7 ( m , 2h ), 1 . 2 ( s , 9h ), 0 . 9 ( s , 6h ) to a solution of 9g ( 1 . 4 g , 2 . 7 mmol ), n - hydroxyphthalimide ( 704 mg , 4 . 32 mmol ) and triphenylphosphine ( 1 . 1 g , 4 . 32 mmol ) in thf ( 20 ml ) was added diad ( 0 . 85 ml , 4 . 32 mmol ) at room temperature . after 1 h the reaction was quenched by the addition of methanol ( 2 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . purification by flc silica , gradient ethyl acetate - hexane ( 1 : 2 - 1 : 1 ) gave 9h ( 1 . 8 g ) as a colorless foam . cold methylhydrazine ( 0 . 3 ml , 5 . 4 mmol ) was added to a stirred solution of 9h ( 1 . 8 g , 2 . 7 mmol ) in anhydrous ch 2 cl 2 at − 5 ° c . to − 10 ° c . after 10 minutes , 1 , 2 - dihydro - 4 - hydroxy - 2 - methyl - 1 - oxophthalizine appeared as a white precipitate . the suspension was stirred at rt for 1 h , the solids were removed by filtration , and the precipitate washed with ch 2 cl 2 ( 2 × 20 ml ). the combined filtrates were concentrated and the residue was resolved by silica gel column chromatography ( eluent with 10 % meoh in etoac ) to give 9i ( 600 mg ). by rotary evaporation twice with pyridine ( 5 ml each ), 9i ( 600 mg , 1 . 12 mmol ) was dried and then dissolved in anhydrous ch 2 cl 2 ( 10 ml ). diisopropyl ethylamine ( 0 . 29 ml , 1 . 6 mmol ) and monomethoxytrityl chloride ( 364 mg , 1 . 17 mmol ) were added . the reaction was complete in 4 h ( by tlc ). the reaction was diluted with ch 2 cl 2 ( 50 ml ), and the organic layer was washed saturated aqueous nahco 3 ( 25 ml ) and water ( 25 ml ) and then dried over na 2 so 4 . the solids were removed by filtration and the filtrate rotary evaporated under vacuum , and the residue was resolved by flc ( silica gel ( 230 - 400 mesh , eluent hexane / etoac 2 : 1 ) to give 9j ( 0 . 784 g ). intermediate 9j ( 784 mg , 0 . 97 mmol ) dissolved in anhydrous dmf ( 10 ml ) was treated with sodium thiocresolate ( 657 mg , 4 . 5 mmol ) and the mixture was heated at 90 ° c . for 1 h . the solvent was removed under vacuum and the residue was resolved by chromatography ( silica gel ( 5 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) to give 9k as a yellowish white solid ( 600 mg ). intermediate 9k ( 600 mg ) in thf ( 0 . 5 ml ) was treated with 1m tbaf in thf ( 0 . 5 ml ), and the mixture was stirred for 30 min . tlc showed completion of reaction . the mixture was concentrated , diluted with ch 2 cl 2 ( 25 ml ), and extracted with water ( 15 ml ) and brine ( 15 ml ). the aqueous extracts were back extracted with ch 2 cl 2 ( 25 ml ), and the combined organic phases were dried ( na 2 so 4 ) and evaporated . the residue was resolved by chromatography ( silica , eluent 5 % meoh in ch 2 cl 2 ) to give 9l ( 500 mg ). 1 h nmr ( dmso - d 6 ): 10 . 45 ( s , 1h ), 8 . 05 ( s , 1h ), 7 . 9 ( s , 1h ), 6 . 9 - 7 . 4 ( m , 14h ), 6 . 3 ( s , 2h ), 6 - 6 . 1 ( m , 1h ), 4 . 85 ( t , j = 6 . 2 , 1h ), 4 . 0 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 84 ( m , 1h ), 3 . 72 ( s , 3h ), 3 . 3 - 3 . 4 ( m , 2h ), 2 . 1 - 2 . 2 ( m , 2h ). intermediate 9k ( 500 mg , 0 . 73 mmol ) dissolved in dmf ( 10 ml ) was treated with cui ( 28 mg , 0 . 147 mmol ), the mixture was degassed with ar , and triethylamine ( 0 . 2 ml , 1 . 47 mmol ), boc linker ( 0 . 61 g , 1 . 47 mmol ) and pd ( pph 3 ) 4 ( 84 mg , 0 . 073 mmol ) were added successively . the yellow solution was stirred for 3 . 0 h at rt in the dark . complete conversion of the starting material was detected by tlc ( ch 2 cl 2 : meoh , 9 : 1 ). the reaction was quenched by adding 5 % edta ( 5 % aqueous ). and the mixture was extracted with etoac . the organic layer was dried ( na 2 so 4 ) and concentrated to dryness by co - evaporating with toluene . the crude mixture was resolved by column chromatography on silica ( ch 2 cl 2 : meoh , 10 : 1 ). to give 9m ( 0 . 481 g ). 1 h nmr ( dmso - d 6 ): 10 . 43 ( s , 1h ), 8 . 7 ( m , 1h ), 8 . 2 ( m , 1h ), 8 . 1 ( s , 1h ), 6 . 85 - 7 . 35 ( m , 14h ), 6 . 8 ( br , s , 1h ), 6 . 3 ( br , s , 1h ), 6 - 6 . 1 ( m , 1h ), 5 . 4 - 5 . 5 ( m , 2h ), 4 . 82 ( t , j = 5 . 8 , 1h ), 3 . 8 - 4 . 2 ( m , 4h ), 3 . 7 ( s , 3h ), 3 . 3 - 3 . 4 ( m , 2h ), 2 . 8 - 3 . 2 ( m , 4h ), 2 . 1 - 2 . 3 ( m , 2h ), 2 . 07 ( s , 3h ), 2 . 02 ( s , 3h ), 1 . 37 ( s , 9h ). to a solution of 9m ( 480 mg , 0 . 5 mmol ) in pyridine ( 2 ml ) and dioxane ( 1 . 9 ml ) was added a solution of 2 - chloro - 4h - 1 , 3 , 2 - benzodioxaphosphorin - 4 - one ( 110 mg , 0 . 6 mmol ) in dioxane ( 1 . 1 ml ) at room temperature . after 20 min a mixture of tributylammonium pyrophosphate in dmf ( 0 . 2 m , 6 ml , 1 . 2 mmol ) and tributylamine ( 0 . 7 ml , 2 . 8 mmol ) was added . after 20 min a solution of iodine ( 155 mg , 0 . 6 mmol ) and water ( 0 . 24 ml ) in pyridine ( 12 ml ) was added . after 20 min the reaction was quenched by the addition of aqueous na 2 so 3 ( 5 %, 0 . 5 ml ). the solvents were removed in vacuo . the intermediate was treated with ammonium hydroxide ( conc ., 40 ml ) for 5 h at room temperature . the solvents were removed by lyophilization . the residue was redissolved in teaa buffer ( 50 mm , 65 ml ) and ch 3 cn ( 30 ml ). the mixture was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c 18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = 50 % ch 3 cn in a , gradient from 30 to 60 % b in 22 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , r t = 16 min ) gave the diol intermediate as a colorless foam after lyophilization . this foam was treated with meoh ( 0 . 4 ml ) and tfa ( 6 ml ) at room temperature for 3 min . et 2 o ( 70 ml ) was added and the suspension was stored at − 20 ° c . for 1 h . the precipitate was separated by centrifugation and the supernatant was decanted . the precipitate was re - dissolved carefully in aqueous nahco 3 buffer ( 80 mm , 90 ml ) containing acetaldehyde ( 1 ml ). the solution was let stand at room temperature for 3 h . the remaining acetaldehyde and et 2 o were removed in vacuo . the aqueous solution was filtered ( 0 . 2 μm ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , constant a for 2 min , then gradient from 0 to 50 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , r t = 15 min ), followed by reverse phase hplc ( waters prep nova - pak hr c 18 column , 60 å , 19 × 300 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = 50 % ch 3 cn in a , gradient from 0 to 45 % b in 40 min , flow rate = 5 ml / min , r t = 31 and 31 . 5 min ) gave 9o as a colorless foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 273 nm , ext . coeff . 10000 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 60 μmol ( 12 % overall ). 1 h - nmr ( d 2 o , 300 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to hdo = 4 . 65 )= 1 . 76 ( d , j = 5 . 9 hz , 1 . 5h ); 1 . 80 ( d , j = 5 . 7 hz , 1 . 5h ); 2 . 40 - 2 . 56 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 00 - 3 . 08 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 42 - 3 . 48 ( m , 2h ); 3 . 95 - 4 . 32 ( m , 5h ); 4 . 47 ( s , 2h ); 4 . 85 - 4 . 95 ( m , 1h ); 6 . 24 ( dd , j = 7 . 5 , 13 . 8 hz , 1h ); 6 . 93 ( q , j = 5 . 7 hz , 0 . 5h ); 7 . 26 ( s , 1h ); 7 . 51 ( q , j = 5 . 9 hz , 0 . 5h ). 31 p - nmr ( d 2 o , 120 mhz ): ∂ ( ppm , rel to external h 3 po 4 = 0 )=− 0 . 9 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 11 . 2 ( d , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ); − 22 . 7 ( t , j = 19 . 5 hz , 1p ). 7 - deaza - dgtp - onh 2 carrying a bodipy - fl - c 5 - labelled acetylene diol linker ( 9q ) a solution of 9o ( ca . 7 μmol ) in aqueous k 2 hpo 4 ( 0 . 5 m , 0 . 5 ml ) was mixed with a solution of bodipy - fl - c 5 - osu ( 5 mg , ca . 12 μmol ) in dmso ( 0 . 7 ml ) and acetone ( 0 . 3 ml ). the mixture was incubated at room temperature in the dark for 4 h . the reaction mixture was diluted with water ( 15 ml ) and purified by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aqueous nh 4 hco 3 , constant a for 2 min , then gradient from 0 to 65 % b in 18 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , r t = 17 min ), to give the intermediate oxime 9p as an orange foam after lyophilization . to a solution of this oxime in water ( 5 ml ) was added aqueous sodium acetate buffer ( 1m , ph 4 . 0 , 1 ml , 1 mmol ) and aqueous hydroxylamine solution ( 50 wt -%, 50 μl , ca . 0 . 8 mmol ). after 4 h at room temperature in the dark , the reaction was diluted with water ( 5 ml ). purification by ion - exchange hplc ( dionex biolc dnapac pa - 100 , 22 × 250 mm , eluent a = water , eluent b = 1 m aq . nh 4 hco 3 , constant a for 2 min , then gradient from 0 to 100 % b in 14 min , flow rate = 10 ml / min , r t = 14 min ) 9q as an orange foam after lyophilization . the yield was determined by uv ( 273 nm , ext . coeff .= 12000 lmol − 1 cm − 1 ) to be 2 . 0 μmol ( ca . 30 % overall with respect to nucleoside ). model reaction cleavage of o — nh 2 unit ( fig1 ) to an aqueous solution of o -( 4 - nitrobenzyl ) hydroxylamine ( 1 mm , 300 μl ) were added “ co - solvent ” ( brine or water or ethanol or isopropanol or acetonitrile or 1 , 4 - dioxane ) ( 500 μl ), aqueous sodium acetate buffer ( 1 m , 100 μl , ph 3 . 5 to 6 . 0 ), and aqueous sodium nitrite solution ( 100 mm , 100 μl ). the resulting ph was measured with a microelectrode ( accuracy ca .± 0 . 02 ). after 1 h at rt , an aliquot ( 100 μl ) was removed , neutralized by the addition of k - phosphate buffer ( 170 mm , 600 μl , ph 7 ), and analyzed by analytical reverse - phase hplc ( waters novapak c - 18 4 μm , 3 . 9 × 150 mm , with guard column waters novapak c - 18 4 μm , 3 . 9 × 15 mm , eluent a = 3 % acetonitrile in 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = acetonitrile , gradient from 20 % b to 50 % b in 30 min , flow rate = 0 . 5 ml / min , r t = product : 8 . 5 min ; starting material : 9 . 5 min .). ( b1 ) cleavage of 3 ′- o - aminothymidine 1b with aqueous hono and dioxane as cosolvent to an aqueous solution of 3 ′- o - aminothymidine ( 1b , 20 mm , 50 μl ) were added dioxane ( 300 μl ) and aqueous nitrous acid ( 1 m , 700 μl , ph 5 . 0 to 6 . 0 , prepared from sodium nitrite and 1 m naoac buffer ). the resulting ph was measured with a microelectrode ( accuracy ca .± 0 . 02 ). after 5 min at room temperature , and aliquot ( 100 μl ) was removed , neutralized by the addition of k - phosphate buffer ( 1 m , 600 μl , ph 7 ), and analyzed by analytical reverse - phase hplc ( waters novapak c - 18 4 μm , 3 . 9 × 150 mm , with guard column waters novapak c - 18 4 μm , 3 . 9 × 15 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = acetonitrile , gradient from 3 % b to 13 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 0 . 5 ml / min , r t = product : 8 min ; starting material : 11 min .). the amount of cleavage was determined by integrating ( 267 nm ) the peaks of the remaining 1b and the product ( thymidine ). the rates are as follows : ( b ) cleavage of 3 ′- o - aminothymidine 1b with aqueous hono and no cosolvent to an aqueous solution of 3 ′- o - aminothymidine ( 1b , 20 mm , 2 μl ) was added aqueous nitrous acid ( 350 - 700 mm nano 2 / 1 m naoac , 50 μl , ph 5 . 5 - 5 . 75 ). the resulting ph was measured with a microelectrode ( accuracy ca .± 0 . 02 ). after 1 or 2 min at room temperature , the reaction was quenched by the addition of k - phosphate buffer ( 1 m , 200 μl , ph 7 ), and analyzed by analytical reverse - phase hplc ( waters novapak c - 18 4 μm , 3 . 9 × 150 mm , with guard column waters novapak c - 18 4 μm , 3 . 9 × 15 mm , eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = acetonitrile , gradient from 3 % b to 13 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 0 . 5 ml / min , r t = product : 8 min ; starting material : 11 min .). the amount of cleavage was determined by integrating ( 267 nm ) the peaks of the remaining 1b and the product ( thymidine ). the rates are as follows : as control , the natural nucleosides were treated as follows : an aqueous solution of 2 ′- deoxyguanosine or 2 ′- deoxyadenosine or 2 ′- deoxycytidine ( 20 mm , 30 μl ) was treated with aqueous nitrous acid ( 700 mm nano 2 , 1 m naoac , ph 5 . 5 , 500 μl ) at room temperature for 72 h ( i . e . 4320 min ). an aliquot ( 50 μl ) was removed , neutralized by the addition of k - phosphate buffer ( 1 m , 200 μl , ph 7 ), and analyzed by analytical reverse - phase hplc ( waters novapak c - 18 4 μm , 3 . 9 × 150 mm , with guard column waters novapak c - 18 4 μm , 3 . 9 × 15 mm . eluent a = 25 mm teaa ph 7 , eluent b = acetonitrile , gradient from 0 % b to 3 % b in 10 min , then to 30 % b in 20 min , flow rate = 0 . 5 ml / min , r t = dg : 14 min , da : 18 min , dc : 8 min ). the amount of decomposition was determined by integrating ( 260 nm ) the peaks of the remaining starting material ( nucleoside ) and the product ( s ). the results are as follows : standard cycle with extension with termination , then cleavage ( fig1 ) ttp - onh 2 stock : 10 mm in 10 mm tris ph 8 . 5 ( do not treat with honh 2 , store at − 20 ° c .) stock solution hydroxylamine : 50 wt % in ddh 2 o , store at 4 ° c . cleavage cocktail ( 1 ml ): prepared the day of experiments , must be fresh : this cocktail is 700 mm in nitrous acid ( hono ) and optionally contains 30 % dioxane , in this case , this results in a ph of 5 . 7 ( dioxane raises the ph ). sodium nitrite ( 48 mg , 0 . 7 mmol ) is weighed into an eppendorf and dissolved in aqueous na - acetate buffer ( 1 m , ph 5 . 0 , 300 μl ; plus 1 m , ph 5 . 5 , 400 μl ). to this , add dioxane ( 300 μl ). quench buffer : 10 mm edta . the buffers listed are treated with hydroxylamine and incubated overnight at room temperature primary wash buffer . 5 mm tris - hcl ph 7 . 5 , 500 μm edta ; 1 m nacl ; 2 % honh 2 post extension wash buffer . 10 mm tris ph 8 . 5 , 2 % honh 2 post cleavage wash . thermopol buffer ( this is used only in a wash step to remove salts from the primary wash ); supplied by new england biolabs as 10 × and diluted to 1 × in ddh 2 o above . for all trapping and extension reactions listed below neither tris nor thermopol buffer are pretreated with hydroxylamine . only the wash buffers listed above are pretreated . contamination by triphosphates is commonplace in polymerase preparations and buffers . should these be encountered these can be removed using the trapping reaction below , able to clean up as much as 5 and 8 % of 3 ′- unblocked triphosphate in a 10 mm dntp - onh 2 stock . here , the procedure is shown for 3 ′- unblocked dttp . 2 . 25 μl primer ( p - 1 )/ template ( t - 3 ) complex ( final concentration of 50 pmol / 50 pmol ) incubate at 72 ° c . for 2 min . keep on ice until ready to use . this volume allows for 15 extension reactions that incorporate the reversible terminator . 100 μm cleaned - up ttp - onh 2 ( use 1 μl of the post trapping reaction ) add ddh 2 o pretreated with honh 2 to give a final volume of 10 μl pre - warm reaction ( 9 μl ) to 72 ° c . for 30 sec ( hot - start ) quench reaction with 5 μl of a 10 mm edta stock the cleavage reaction was initially optimized with the “ free ” unphosphorylated nucleoside t - onh 2 in solution . variants are acceptable with or without organic solvents , over a ph range that is preferably 5 to 7 . the reaction was analyzed by analytical reverse phase ( rp ) hplc and was complete in less than 5 minutes at room temperature ( while ttp - onh2 and ttp - oh cannot be separated by rp hplc , the unphosphorylated nucleosides t - onh2 and t - oh can easily be separated ). using the identical reaction conditions for the primer / template attached via streptavidin / biotin to magnetic microbeads led to incomplete cleavage in 5 minutes , however . without further optimization , and without changing anything else , we then increased the reaction time to 20 minutes , which led to complete cleavage . while we do not think that the reaction with the primer / template attached to a solid support will indeed need that much longer than with the free nucleoside in solution , the ultimate reaction conditions will have to be optimized for the particular architecture in question , and the results that we obtained with our model system can only be seen as a starting point ( which is why we did not spend any further effort on optimizing it ). given the small size of the reagent ( hono ), we estimate that it will be possible to shorten the reaction with the primer / template on solid support considerably from the 20 minutes that we used , maybe even down to the few minutes needed for the free nucleoside . one additional factor in analyzing / optimizing the cleavage reaction is to make sure that the cleavage cocktail is prepared fresh immediately before use , to prevent side products from the reaction of r - onh2 with the slow oxidation of dioxane in aging cocktail . cleavage buffer is added ( for each 10 μl reaction , 100 μl of cleavage buffer ) and the mixture is incubated at rt for 20 min ( shorter times also apply ). the cleavage buffer is washed away from the material on the magnetic beads , which are washed twice with primary wash buffer . salts and the chelator are removed by washing twice with post cleavage buffer ( wash twice ). the cycle is repeated an indefinite number of times . this example shows the use of reversible terminators in a sequencing cycle using 7 - deaza atp - onh 2 tagged with cy5 and ctp - onh 2 tagged with cy3 . 5 . in these experiments , material was immobilized via the biotin on dynabeads ® a magnetic bead carrying streptavidin . all of the buffers ( except the cleavage buffer ) were pre - incubated overnight with 0 . 5 % hydroxylamine . the primer template complex was prepared by annealing γ 32 p - labeled primer p - 1 ( seq id 1 , 1 pmol ), cold primer p - 1 ( seq id 1 , 20 pmol ) and template gg ( seq id 4 ) or tt ( seq id 3 ), each at 30 pmol , by incubation at 96 ° c . for 5 min followed by cooling to room temperature over 1 hour ( 10 μl reaction volume ). four sequencing reactions were run consecutively , and the results are shown in fig1 . clean up reactions after each step by washing twice with 500 μl of wash a cleavage cocktail is made by mixing two aqueous acetic acid : sodium acetate buffers , each with total acetate = 1 m , the first at ph 5 . 0 , the second at ph 5 . 5 , in a ratio of 3 : 4 ( typically , 300 μl of the first was mixed with 400 μl of the second , followed by addition of sodium nitrite ( 48 mg , 0 . 7 mmol ). optionally , dioxane ( 300 μl ) was added , and these conditions were used in this example . the final ph was approximately 5 . 7 . following extension , the template - product is captured on dynabeads ®, and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for 20 min in the cleavage buffer . the products were captured again and the magnetic beads were washed twice with 500 μl of wash buffer . the buffer was removed and reaction buffer was added for extension reactions as shown in fig1 , therminator successfully incorporates fluorescently labeled reversible terminators after a standard base and a — onh 2 cleaved base “ scarred ” in the primer . therminator can also incorporate atp - onh 2 and ctp - onh 2 after a scarred base on a primer . incorporation of tagged terminated triphosphate following “ scar ” ( fig1 ) the scar was represented by an aminoallyl tagged nucleotide ( fig2 ). two polymerases were examined : taq variant [ e517g , k537i , l613a ] and therminator ii . 2 ) ttp - oh 6 - fam ( 435 - 572 - ionex - a )- same as the ttp - onh 2 6 - fam except the — onh 2 was removed by treatment with hono and then the main product was isolated in a 10 μl reaction volume γ 32 p - labeled primer ( seq id 1 ) ( 1 pmol ), cold primer ( 20 pmol ) and template ( seq id 5 ) ( 30 pmol ) were annealed by incubation at 96 ° c . for 5 min and cooled to room temperature . the indicated taq variant ( 0 . 25 μg / μl ) or therminator ii ( 2 u / r × n ) were added to the mixtures . assays contained 20 mm tris - hcl ph 8 . 8 , 10 mm kcl , 10 mm ( nh 4 ) 2 so 4 , 2 mm mgso 4 and 0 . 1 % triton x - 100 . assays were initiated by appropriate triphosphates ( 100 μm final ) and incubated at 72 ° c . for the indicated time ( typically 30 sec or 2 min ). mixtures were then either quenched with 20 μl of 10 mm quench buffer or presented with another appropriate triphosphate ( 100 μm ) for 2 min . samples ( 4 μl ) were resolved on a 20 % denaturing polyacrylamide gel and analyzed with a molecular imager . as shown in fig1 , the taq variant incorporates the aminoallyl base to give n + 1 and a very small amount of n + 2 product . the n + 2 band could be due to either a mismatch of the scar opposite a , or a non - templated addition of the scar ( panel a ). the taq variant incorporates the standard ttp - oh after the scar giving n + 3 product ( scar + 2 a &# 39 ; s ). this variant is also able to incorporate one ttp - oh 6 - fam after the scar and then terminate ( n + 2 ). a small amount of un - extended scar ( n + 1 ) remains . a combination of ttp - oh 6 - fam and taq variant is therefore useful sequencing reactions . taq variants , various scars , and tagged terminated triphosphates ( fig2 ) in a 10 μl reaction volume , γ 32 p - labeled primer ( seq id 1 ) ( 1 pmol ), cold primer ( 20 pmol ) and template ( seq id 5 ) ( 30 pmol ) were annealed by incubation at 96 ° c . for 5 min followed by cooling to cooled to rt . assays contained 20 mm tris - hcl ph 8 . 8 , 10 mm kcl , 10 mm ( nh 4 ) 2 so 4 , 2 mm mgso 4 0 . 1 % triton x - 100 , and taq variant [ a594t , l613a , f664y , e742h ] ( 0 . 25 μg / μl ) assays were initiated by appropriate triphosphates ( 100 μm final ) and the mixture incubated at 72 ° c . for indicated times ( typically 30 sec or 2 min ). reactions were either quenched with 20 μl of 10 mm quench buffer or presented with another appropriate triphosphate ( 100 μm ) for 2 min . samples ( 4 μl ) were resolved on a 20 % denaturing polyacrylamide gel and analyzed with a molecular imager . as shown in fig2 , the taq variant added the propynyl and the aminoallyl nucleotide to give n + 1 product with some n + 2 after the propynyl scar ( fig2 ). the taq variant also incorporated the standard ttp - oh after both of the scarred products giving a product of n + 4 ( scar + 3 t &# 39 ; s ). this polymerase incorporated ttp - onh 2 after the aminoallyl scar . the taq variant was unable to incorporate the fluor reversible terminator after either of the differently scarred products .