Wolfgang Pfleiderer

Sigrid Buhler

The invention relates to nucleo-side derivatives with photo-unstable protective groups of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is H, NO.sub.2, CN, OCH.sub.3, halogen, alkyl or alkoxyalkyl with 1 to 4 C atoms, R.sup.2 is H, OCH.sub.3, R.sup.3 is H, F, Cl, Br, NO.sub.2 or an aliphatic acyl radical with 2 to 5 C atoms, R.sup.4 is H, halogen, OCH.sub.3, an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 C atoms or a possibly substituted aryl radical, R.sup.5 is H or a conventional functional group for producing oligonucleotides, R.sup.6 is H, OH, halogen or XR.sup.8, where X is O or S and R.sup.8 is a conventional protective group in nucleotide chemistry, B is adenine, cytosin, guanine, thymine, uracil, 2,6-diaminopurin-9-yl, hypoxanthin-9-yl, 5-methylcytosin-1-yl, 5-amino-4-imidazol carboxylic acid amid-1-yl or 5-amino-4-imidazol carboxylic acid amide-3-yl, where, if B is adenine, cytosin or guanine, the primary amino function may have a permanent protective group. These derivatives may be used for the light-controlled synthesis of oligonucleotides on a DNA chip.

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Sigrid Buhler