We systematically synthesized eight types of 5- and/or 2-modified uridine derivatives and evaluated their effect on duplex stability. The incorporation of 2'-O-cyanoethyl-2-thio-5-propynyluridine (p(5)s(2)UOCE) into RNA was significantly effective for stabilization of RNA/RNA (+8.5 °C) and DNA/RNA (+10.4 °C) duplexes. These striking effects were maintained in oligonucleotides with different sequences or multiple incorporations. In addition, p(5)s(2)UOCE increased selectivity toward the correct AU Watson-Crick base pair over the most stable mismatched base pair in both RNA/RNA and DNA/RNA duplexes. Hence, p(5)s(2)UOCE could be useful for various applications of modified oligonucleotides that need high duplex stability and base pairing selectivity.

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