Novel reagents for terminal phosphorylation and thiophosphorylation of synthetic oligonucleotides

Two novel phosphoramidite building blocks and a solid support that allow an efficient solid-phase phosphorylation or thiophosphorylation of synthetic oligonucleotides were developed. The utility of these synthetic tools was demonstrated in the preparation of 5′- or 3′-thiophosphorylated oligonucleotides, which were subsequently labeled at the termini with fluorescent reporters.