Photolabile protecting groups for nucleosides: Synthesis and photodeprotection rates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(97)00154-3

o-Nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl and a number of related groups have been tested for the photolabile protection of nucleoside 5'-hydroxyls. The rates of photodeprotection were found to vary by approximately 17-fold in a series of 5'-O-protected thymidine derivati