Synthesis 2022; 54(06): 1643-1651
DOI: 10.1055/a-1695-0820
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Synthesis of Rigid Rod, Trigonal, and Tetrahedral Nucleobase-Terminated Molecules

Xiao-Yang Jin
a   Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. of China
b   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. of China
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Chuan-Shuo Wu
a   Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. of China
b   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. of China
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An-Di Liu
a   Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. of China
b   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. of China
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Li Liu
a   Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. of China
b   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. of China
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Liang Cheng
a   Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. of China
b   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. of China
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This work was supported by the National Key R & D Program of China (2017YFA0208100 and 2020YFA0707901), National Natural Science Foundation of China (22022704, 91853124, 21977097, and 21778057), and Chinese Academy of Sciences.


Dedicated to Professor Dong Wang on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Abstract

An efficient fragment splicing method for the construction of multiple nucleobase-terminated monomers has been developed. Conformationally fixed rod, trigonal planar and tetrahedral thymine and adenine structures were generated in moderate to good yields, which will serve as inspiring examples for exploration of nucleobases as natural hydrogen-bond components in supramolecular chemistry.

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Publication History

Received: 12 October 2021

Accepted after revision: 11 November 2021

Accepted Manuscript online:
11 November 2021

Article published online:
21 December 2021

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