Through a series of linkers, 9-amino-2-methoxy-6-nitroacridine and 9-amino-6-chloro-2-methoxyacridine were tethered to the middle of oligonucleotide, and the abilities of these conjugates for site-selective activation of RNA (inducing site-selective scission by Lu(III)) were compared. The RNA-activating ability was strongly dependent on the structures of both acridine and linker. By tethering 9-ami