Raney nickel-2H2O exchange reaction on an epimeric mixture of methyl α/β-D-ribofuranoside [α/β = ∼3:10]1 produced methyl 1#,2,3,4#,5,5′-2H6-α/β-ribofuranoside 2 [97 atom % 2H at C2, C3, C5/5′; ∼85 atom % 2H at C4 (C4#); ∼20 atom % 2H at C1(C1#)] which was obtained in 60 – 80 % yield along with epimeric xylo and arabino by-products. Toluoylation of the crude 2 in dry pyridine and a careful separati

Pure 1′#,2′,3′,4′#,5′,5′'-2H6-ribonucleoside derivatives 10–14, 1′#,2′,″,3′,4′#,5′,5″-2H7-2′-deoxynucleoside blocks 15–18 and their natural-abundance counterparts were used to asemble partially deuterated ribonucleotide-dimers (∗ indicates deuteration at 1′#,2′,3′,4′#,5′,5″(2H6)): ApU∗21, GpC∗22 partially deuterated 2′-deoxyribonucleotide-dimers d(TpA∗) 23, d(ApT∗) 25, d(GpC∗26 (∗ indicates deuter

The concept of the 1H-NMR window has been developed and examined through a comparative study of NOESY spectra of a self-complementary Dickerson's dodecamer (I) [S'd^C^CGWA^T^T^Ci4GisCi6G) 23'] ) a self-complementary 20-mer (II) [(5d(1 C2G3C4G5C6G7C8G9A1 ˚A11T12T13C14G15C16G17C- 18G19C20G)23'] in which the core part consists of the same Dickerson's dodecamer sequence with the flanking CGCG residues

Selective incorporation of the stereospeciflcally deuterlated sugar moieties (\lt;97 atom \% 2H enhancements at H2′, H2″, H3′ and H5′/5′ sites, ∑85 atom \% 2H enhancement at H4′ and ∑20 atom \% 2H enhancement at H1′) in DNA and RNA by the ‘NMR-window’ approach has been shown to solve the problem of the resonance overlap [refs. 1, 2 \amp; 3]. Such specific deuterium labelling gives much improved re

The nucleobase-prolecled parlially-deuteraled 5′-O-DMTr-2′#,2″#,3′,4′#, 5′,5″-2H5-2′-deoxyribonucleoside 3′-phosphoramidite derivatives 17a,b – 20a,b. containing C2′ isolopomeric mixture of deuterons and protons 1~15 atom % 2H at C2′(R), ~85 atom % 2H at C2′(S); 65 atom % 2H at C4′ (#), >97 atom % 2H at C3′ and C5′, i.e. Blocks B and C in Fig. 11, have been site specifically incorporated into a se

The first synthesis of a non-uniformly deuterium labelled 21mer RNA is reported using our ‘NMR-window’ concept, showing its unique application in the unambiguous NMR assignment of the non-exchangeable aromatic and sugar protons.

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