Conjugates and compositions for cellular delivery
View Patent ↗This invention features conjugates, compositions, methods of synthesis, and applications thereof, including folate derived conjugates of nucleosides, nucleotides, non-nucleosides, and nucleic acids including enzymatic nucleic acids and antisense nucleic acid molecules.
1. A compound having the formula below:
wherein each R 4 , R 5 , R 6 and R 7 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, or a protecting group, R 2 is a nucleic acid that is double stranded, each “n” is independently an integer from 0 to about 200, L is —P—O—CH 2 —(CH 2 ) n1 —CH 2 —S—S—CH 2 —CH 2 —NH—, “n1” is an integer from 0 to 20, and P is a phosphorus containing group.
2. The compound of claim 1 , having the formula below
wherein NA is a nucleic acid that is double stranded.