t-Butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) ether can be cleaved upon refluxing in acetone/H2O (95 : 5) in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper (II) chloride dihydrate (5 mmol %).
Simple organic nitrogen bases,such as Et_3N,pyridine,DBU,etc.,were found to be convenient and useful reagents for deprotection of TBDMS groups on acidic hydroxyl groups.The efficiency of these bases has an apparent or...Simple organic nitrogen bases,such as Et_3N,pyridine,DBU,etc.,were found to be convenient and useful reagents for deprotection of TBDMS groups on acidic hydroxyl groups.The efficiency of these bases has an apparent order:1°amine>2°amine>3°amine and aliphatic base>aromatic base.In aqueous DMSO and at room temperature,phenolic TBDMS ethers were removed selectively in the presence of alcoholic TBDMS ethers.And catalytic base can make these reactions complete.This method is high-yielding,fast,clean,saf...展开更多
An efficient and selective method for the deprotection of primary alcoholic tert-butyl-dimethylsilyl (TBS) ethers using SnCl_2·2H_2O as catalyst is described. The reaction conditionsallow primary alcoholic TBS et...An efficient and selective method for the deprotection of primary alcoholic tert-butyl-dimethylsilyl (TBS) ethers using SnCl_2·2H_2O as catalyst is described. The reaction conditionsallow primary alcoholic TBS ethers to be desilylated chemoselectively in the presence of phenolicTBS ethers, secondary and tertiary alcolholic TBS ethers, and the extensively used TBDPS-,acetyl-, benzyloxycarbonyl-, p-toluenesulfonyl- and benzyl protective groups.展开更多
The combination of hydrophobic polymers with nucleic acids is a fascinating way to engineer the self-assembly behavior of nucleic acids into diverse nanostructures such as micelles,vesicles,nanosheets,and worms.Here w...The combination of hydrophobic polymers with nucleic acids is a fascinating way to engineer the self-assembly behavior of nucleic acids into diverse nanostructures such as micelles,vesicles,nanosheets,and worms.Here we developed a robust route to synthesize a RNA macroinitiator with protecting groups on the 2′-hydroxyl groups in the solid phase using an oligonucleotide synthesizer.The protecting groups successfully solubilized the RNA macroinitiator,enabling atom transfer radical polymerization(ATRP)of hydrophobic monomers.As a result,the RNA−polymer hybrids obtained by ATRP exhibited enhanced chemical stability by suppressing cleavage.In addition,we demonstrated evidence of controlled polymerization behavior as well as control over the molecular weight of the hydrophobic polymers grown from RNA.We envision that this methodology will expand the field of RNA−polymer conjugates while vastly enhancing the possibility to alter and engineer the properties of RNA-based polymeric materials.展开更多
基金Financial support by National Natural Science Foundation of China !(Grant No. 29972002) isgreatly acknowledged.
文摘t-Butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) ether can be cleaved upon refluxing in acetone/H2O (95 : 5) in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper (II) chloride dihydrate (5 mmol %).
基金Project No.20672050 supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Simple organic nitrogen bases,such as Et_3N,pyridine,DBU,etc.,were found to be convenient and useful reagents for deprotection of TBDMS groups on acidic hydroxyl groups.The efficiency of these bases has an apparent order:1°amine>2°amine>3°amine and aliphatic base>aromatic base.In aqueous DMSO and at room temperature,phenolic TBDMS ethers were removed selectively in the presence of alcoholic TBDMS ethers.And catalytic base can make these reactions complete.This method is high-yielding,fast,clean,saf...
文摘An efficient and selective method for the deprotection of primary alcoholic tert-butyl-dimethylsilyl (TBS) ethers using SnCl_2·2H_2O as catalyst is described. The reaction conditionsallow primary alcoholic TBS ethers to be desilylated chemoselectively in the presence of phenolicTBS ethers, secondary and tertiary alcolholic TBS ethers, and the extensively used TBDPS-,acetyl-, benzyloxycarbonyl-, p-toluenesulfonyl- and benzyl protective groups.
基金NSF DMR 2202747 and DTRA grant HDTRA1-20-1-0014.G.S.gratefully acknowledges the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange(BPN/PPO/2022/1/00027)for financial support。
文摘The combination of hydrophobic polymers with nucleic acids is a fascinating way to engineer the self-assembly behavior of nucleic acids into diverse nanostructures such as micelles,vesicles,nanosheets,and worms.Here we developed a robust route to synthesize a RNA macroinitiator with protecting groups on the 2′-hydroxyl groups in the solid phase using an oligonucleotide synthesizer.The protecting groups successfully solubilized the RNA macroinitiator,enabling atom transfer radical polymerization(ATRP)of hydrophobic monomers.As a result,the RNA−polymer hybrids obtained by ATRP exhibited enhanced chemical stability by suppressing cleavage.In addition,we demonstrated evidence of controlled polymerization behavior as well as control over the molecular weight of the hydrophobic polymers grown from RNA.We envision that this methodology will expand the field of RNA−polymer conjugates while vastly enhancing the possibility to alter and engineer the properties of RNA-based polymeric materials.