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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 29.
Published in final edited form as: Org Biomol Chem. 2017 Nov 29;15(46):9760–9774. doi: 10.1039/c7ob02152f

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Original route to 2′-O-(pyren-1-yl)methyluridine phosphoramidite 5:10 (a) TrCl, pyridine (27%)11; (b) (i) KOH, 1-chloromethylpyrene, benzene/dioxane, (ii) 80% aq. AcOH (65% from 2)10; (c) DMTr-Cl, DMAP, pyridine (72%);12 (d) NC(CH2)2OP(Cl)N(i-Pr)2, (i-Pr)2NEt, CH2Cl2 (76%).12