Disclosed herein are phosphoramidate prodrugs of nucleoside derivatives for the treatment of viral infections in mammals, which is a compound, its stereoisomer, salt (acid or basic addition salt), hydrate, solvate, or crystalline form thereof, represented by the following structure:

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Also disclosed are methods of treatment, uses, and processes for preparing each of which utilize the compound represented by formula I.

The present application relates to a method for preparing trifluridine, comprising reacting a compound of formula III with a compound of formula IV in a first solvent in the presence of an acid to obtain a compound of formula II, and performing further reaction to obtain trifluridine.

A modified cytidine compound, that is, an aminooxy group is modified at the 4-position of a cytidine pyrimidine ring to produce derivative cytidine and nucleic acid containing the derivative cytidine, such as RNA. The expression level of the nucleic acid containing the modified cytidine, in particular mRNA, in the body is significantly improved.

It is provided the synthesis of an aptamer-like encoded oligomer (ALEnOmer), method of producing same and method of preparing a library of ALEnOmes. More particularly, the method of preparing ALEnOmer comprises coupling at least one phosphoramidite monomer with an orthogonal protecting group, and the ALEnOmer produces comprises a DNA coding strand covalently attached to an oligomer through a branching unit, wherein the oligomer has a degree of polymerization at least 5 and is an aptamer.

This invention is intended to discover a novel solvent that can be used as an alternative to toluene in the step of deprotection in the method of solid-phase nucleic acid synthesis. With the use of such novel solvent, various problems caused by the use of toluene are dissolved. This invention is also intended to provide a method of solid-phase nucleic acid synthesis in which protected nucleoside phosphoramidites in which a protective group is bonded to a hydroxyl group at the 5′position or the 3′ position of a nucleoside are sequentially bound on a solid phase carrier, where a reaction of removing the protecting group from the protected nucleoside phosphoramidite is carried out in a solution comprising an acid with a pKa of 0.2 to 0.8 and acetonitrile.

This invention is intended to discover a novel solvent that can be used as an alternative to toluene in the step of deprotection in the method of solid-phase nucleic acid synthesis. With the use of such novel solvent, various problems caused by the use of toluene are dissolved. This invention is also intended to provide a method of solid-phase nucleic acid synthesis in which protected nucleoside phosphoramidites in which a protective group is bonded to a hydroxyl group at the 5′position or the 3′ position of a nucleoside are sequentially bound on a solid phase carrier, where a reaction of removing the protecting group from the protected nucleoside phosphoramidite is carried out in a solution comprising an acid with a pKa of 0.2 to 0.8 and acetonitrile.

Provided a polymerizable compound represented by the following Formula A-1 or Formula A-2: In Formula A-1 or Formula A-2, R.sup.1 represents an electron-donating group; n represents an integer from 1 to 5; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or —OR.sup.O, wherein R.sup.O represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a protecting group of a hydroxy group; R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a protecting group of a hydroxy group; and X represents a structure represented by any one of Formula B-1 to Formula B-5.

Provided a polymerizable compound represented by the following Formula A-1 or Formula A-2: In Formula A-1 or Formula A-2, R.sup.1 represents an electron-donating group; n represents an integer from 1 to 5; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or —OR.sup.O, wherein R.sup.O represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a protecting group of a hydroxy group; R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a protecting group of a hydroxy group; and X represents a structure represented by any one of Formula B-1 to Formula B-5.

An autonomous device for measuring at least one characteristic of a fluid circulating in a conduit in a flow direction comprises a permanent magnetic field source, a magneto-electric converter and a processing circuit capable of using the electric charges supplied by the converter to supply a measurement of a characteristic of its environment. The source and the converter are placed in a stator and a rotor forming the device. The autonomous device further comprises attachment means allowing the stator to be fixedly placed in the conduit or at one end of the conduit, in a configuration in which the axis of rotation of the rotor is parallel to the flow direction. A control system may employ at least one such autonomous device.

An autonomous device for measuring at least one characteristic of a fluid circulating in a conduit in a flow direction comprises a permanent magnetic field source, a magneto-electric converter and a processing circuit capable of using the electric charges supplied by the converter to supply a measurement of a characteristic of its environment. The source and the converter are placed in a stator and a rotor forming the device. The autonomous device further comprises attachment means allowing the stator to be fixedly placed in the conduit or at one end of the conduit, in a configuration in which the axis of rotation of the rotor is parallel to the flow direction. A control system may employ at least one such autonomous device.