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© 2020 Elsevier Ltd A novel triazole linkage that mimics the phosphodiester backbone in DNA was designed, synthesised and evaluated. Unlike previous work which utilised copper to form a 1,4 triazole linkage in the DNA backbone, a ruthenium catalyst was used to yield a 1,5 triazole. The artificial linkage was incorporated into a DNA backbone via a phosphoramidite building block using solid phase synthesis. The biophysical properties of DNA with a 1,5 triazole linkage in the backbone were evaluated by UV melting and circular dichroism and compared to DNA modified with previously reported 1,4 triazole linkages of various lengths.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.tet.2019.130914

Type

Journal article

Journal

Tetrahedron

Publication Date

01/01/2020