“…Recently, several types of modified DNA bearing diverse groups, for example, aminoalkynyl or aminoalkyl [4 6] and several types of attached functional molecules, for example, biotin, [6] acridones, [7] fer rocene, [8] amino acids, [9] carbohydrates, [10] or fluorescein labels, [11] have been prepared from the corresponding modi fied dNTPs by this methodology. The dNTP building blocks are usually prepared [4 9] by troublesome and laborious tri phosphorylation of the corresponding modified nucleosides, in which the functional groups usually have to be protected and deprotected.…”