Acetic Acid → 4-N-benzoyl-5-methylseleno-5'-O-(4,4-dimethoxytrityl)-2'-deoxycytidine

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4-N-benzoyl-5-methylseleno-3′-t-butyldimethylsilyl-5′-O-(4,4-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-deoxycytidine (compound 3) 280 mg (MW 8553, 0.33 mmol) was placed in a flask and dried under high vacuum before it was dissolved in anhydrous THF. The solution was placed in an ice-water bath under dry argon tetra-Butylammonium fluoride 0.44 ml (1M solution in THY, 1.2 eq.) and acetic acid 0.03 ml (1.2 eq.) were injected dropwise simultaneously to make solution pH keep about 7. The reaction mixture was stirred for overnight before it was completed (monitored on TLC, 3% methanol in dichloromethane, Rf=0.35). The crude product was extracted by EtOAc and NaCl solution (sat.) three times, and the combined organic layer was dried over anhydrous MgSO4, followed by filtration and solvent evaporation. The residue was purified on a silica gel column (equilibrated with CH2Cl2) and eluted with a methanol/dichloromethane gradient (0.5-5%) to afford the desired product compound 4225 mg. (yield=91%). 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) δ: 2.04 (s, 3H, SeCH3), 2.21-2.26 and 2.69-2.76 (2×m, 2H, H-2′), 3.34-3.47 (2×m, 2H, H-5′), 3.79 (s, 6H, 2×OMe), 4.15-4.17 (m, 1H, H-3′), 4.46-4.48 (m, 1H, H-4′), 6.14-6.17 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 1H, H-1′), 6.84-7.79 (m, 18H, arom-H), 8.48 (s, 1H, H-6). 13C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO) δ: 11.02 (SeCH3), 41.99 (C-2′), 55.27 (OMe), 63.11 (C-5′), 72.41 (C-3′), 86.67 (C-4′), 86.94 (arom-C), 87.87 (C-1′), 102.39 (C-5), 113.31 (arom-C), 127.07 (arom-C), 128.04 (arom-C), 128.07 (arom-C), 128.29 (arom-C), 129.68 (arom-C), 129.45 (arom-C), 130.00 (arom-C), 130.92 (arom-C), 132.70 (arom-C), 134.22 (arom-C), 135.47 (NHCO), 144.41 (arom-C), 144.32 (C-2), 150.83 (C-6), 158.69 (C-4), 172.28 (arom-C).

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