5-Iodo-2'-deoxycytidine

White or almost white crystalline powder

Loss on drying ≤1.0%

Assay(HPLC) ≥99%

5-Iodo-2'-deoxycytidine is used in the construction of DNA oligomers to enable structural studies and photoactivated cross-linking.

It is used in the synthesis of other modified nucleosides, such as 5-ethynylferrocenyl-2'-deoxycytidine used in semiconductor electrodes and 10-(2-deoxyβ-D-ribofuranosyl)pyrimido[4',5':4,5]pyrimido[1,6-a]indole-6,9(7H)-dione (dCPPI).