Table 1 Screening of leaving groupsa

From: Synthesis of tertiary alkylphosphonate oligonucleotides through light-driven radical-polar crossover reactions

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Entry

Phosphite substrate

Yield (%) of 3aab

1

1a-1: R1 = Ph, R2 = H

71

2c

1a-1: R1 = Ph, R2 = H

20

3

1a-2: R1, R2 = Me

68

4

1a-3: R1 = Me, R2 = H

trace

5

1a-4: R1, R2 = H

trace

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  1. a Each reaction was carried out with 1 (0.05 mmol), 2a (0.15 mmol), PTH1 (0.05 mmol) and LiBF4 (0.05 mmol) in MeCN (0.3 mL) and DCM (0.2 mL) at 10 °C under blue LED irradiation for 18 hb 1.H NMR yieldsc.PTH1 (10 mol%) was used.