1. Access to derivatives of 3'-deoxyguanosine was provided by selective removal of the 3'- hydroxyl of guanosine (10). Thus, the 3'-0-thiocarbamate of 5'-O-(dimethoxytrityl)-2-N- (dimethylformamidyl)-2'-O-(triisopropylsilyl) guanosine (12) was reduced with tributyltin hydride and converted to phosphoramidite 2. In results to be reported elsewhere, phosphoramidites 1 and 2 were used to prepare oligodeoxynucleotides containing novel ...