Synthesis and properties of 5-cyano-substituted nucleoside analog with a donor-donor-acceptor hydrogen-bonding pattern.

6-Aminopyridin-2-ones form Watson-Crick pairs with complementary purine analogues to add a third nucleobase pair to DNA and RNA, if an electron-withdrawing group at position 5 slows oxidation and epimerization. In previous work with a nucleoside analogue trivially named dZ, the electron withdrawing unit was a nitro group. Here, we describe an analogue of dZ (cyano-dZ) having a cyano group instead of a nitro group, including its synthesis, pK(a), rates of acid-catalyzed epimerization, and enzymatic incorporation.

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