A method of modulation of synthesis capacity on and cleavage properties of
synthetic oligomers from solid support is described. The method utilizes
linker molecules attached to a solid surface and co-coupling agents that
have similar reactivities to the coupling compounds with the surface
functional groups. The preferred linker molecules provide an increased
density of polymers and more resistance to cleavage from the support
surface. The method is particularly useful for synthesis of
oligonucleotides, oligonucleotides microarrays, peptides, and peptide
microarrays. The stable linkers are also coupled to anchor molecules for
synthesis of DNA oligonucleotides using on support purification,
eliminating time-consuming chromatography and metal cation presence.
Oligonucleotides thus obtained can be directly used for mass analysis,
DNA amplification and ligation, hybridization, and many other
applications.