Reactivity of 3H-1,2,4-dithiazole-3-thiones and 3H-1,2-dithiole-3-thiones as sulfurizing agents for oligonucleotide synthesis

The reactivity of 5-amino-3H-1,2,4-dithiazole-3-thiones substituted at their amino group and 5-amino-3H-1,2-dithiole-3-thiones substituted at their amino group and C4 toward compounds containing P(III) atoms has been studied. N,N-Disubstituted-N'-(3-thioxo-3H-1,2,4-dithiazol-5-yl)methanimidamides were selected as novel efficient sulfur transfer reagents suitable for DNA and RNA synthesis. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.