The present application relates to a novel artificial
nucleic acid, a method for producing the same, and a use thereof. The present application can be achieved by an artificial
nucleic acid having a unit derived from a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof: in the formula, Base is an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic group or an
aromatic hydrocarbon ring group, A 1 is a
single bond or an alkylene group, R 1 and R 2 are the same or different, and are a
hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted
alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, or an
aryl group, a
protecting group for a hydroxyl group, a phosphino group having a
substituent, or an optionally substituted dihydroxyphosphinyl group or a hydroxylmercapto phosphinyl group, or R 1 and R 2 together with the adjacent 2
oxygen atoms and the carbon atoms at positions 3 to 5 of the
furanose form an optionally substituted ring, R 3 is a
hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted
alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an
aryl group, or an
acyl group, a
sulfonyl group having a
substituent, or a silyl group, a functional molecular unit
substituent, or a group represented by the formula: R 31 -X- (in the formula, R 31 is an optionally substituted amino group, X is an optionally substituted alkylene group, or at least one
methylene group in the alkylene group is replaced with -N(R 32 ) - (in the formula, R 32 is a
hydrogen atom or an
alkyl group), -O-, or -S(=O) k - (in the formula, k is 0, 1, or 2), R 4 is a
hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, or an
aryl group, R 5 is a
hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group or an aryl group, R 4 and R 5 are not simultaneously a
hydrogen atom, and n is 0 or 1.