Copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction

Gramlich PME, Wirges CT, Manetto A, Carell T (2008) Postsynthetic DNA modification through the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed... 

CuAAC Copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction... 

Click chemistry comprises a number of organic heteroatom coupling procedures that comply with the stringent criteria as defined by Sharpless (see also Chapter 2) (Kolb et al, 2001). Among these click reactions, the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction... 

Copper-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Reaction. 46... 

Copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) is one of the most powerful click reactions. The only disadvantage is that the copper is toxic to certain cells [90]. Despite efforts to make the copper complexes more biocompatible [91, 92], the breakthrough was achieved by the Bertozzi group [93] through harnessing the ring strain present in cyclooctyne to accelerate the reaction. A variety of cyclooctynes and one cycloheptyne have subsequently been reported [94, 95]. 

Azide additions to a,P-unsatnrated systems are another method for the preparation of 1,2,3-triazoles. Cydoaddition of aryl azides to a,P-unsaturated aldehydes 88 in the presence of catalytic diethylamine and DBU afforded 1,4-disubstituted-l,2,3-triazoles 89 via an inverse electron-demand process (13CC10187). Michael addition of sodium azide with ethyhdene bisphospho-nates 90 in cydoaddition reactions via sonication afforded bisphosphono-1,2,3-triazoles 91 (13T4047).A one-pot protocol for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles was prepared from unactivated alkenes with azidosulfenylation of the carbon-carbon double bond followed by the copper-catalyzed azide—alkyne cycloaddition (13JOC5031). 1,5-Disubstituted-l,2,3-triazoles 93 were synthesized from enamides 92 with tosyl azide (13AG(E)13265). Reaction of ethyl 3-(alkylamino)-4,4,4,-trifluoro-but-2-enoates 94 with mesyl azide in the presence of DBU afforded l,2,3-triazole-4-carboxylates 95 (13EJ02891). 

Copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloadditions have become increasingly popular due to their almost quantitative formation of 1,4-substituted triazoles, regioselectively, and the remarkable functional group tolerance, which is important when dealing with peptides or peptidomimetics. The majority of publications on dipolar cycloaddition reactions in peptide chemistry has focused on the CuAAC and reported peptide bond isosteres, side-chain functionalization, glycoconjugation, macrocyclization and isotopic labeling of peptides. We will most likely see an inaeasing number of applications where peptides are modified by dipolar cycloadditions in the future. 

Scheme 8.1 Examples of click reactions commonly employed in polymer synthesis and functionalization reactions, (a) Copper(I)-catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition reaction, (b) Diels-Alder [4 + 2] cycloaddition between anthracene derivatives and maleimides. (c) Hetero-Diels-Alder between a terminal electron-deficient thiocarbonylthio group of RAFT-generated polymers and an appropriate diene, (d) Ultrafast hetero-Diels-Alder reaction between a terminal electron-deficient thiocarbonylthio group of RAFT-generated polymers and a reactive cyclopentadiene. (e) Thiol-ene click chemistry.

Copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) has been widely used in the post-glycosylation of pre-formed polymers, for which the protected aUcyne monomers can be first polymerized by various LRP strategies followed by removal of trimethylsilyl (TMS) protection groups using tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF)/ acetic acid for click reaction with azido functional sugars (Fig. 3) [59, 60]. This approach avoids the use of hazardous azide-functionalized monomers and utilizes the diversity of well-documented azido functional sugars [59]. 

The functional groups from the starting monomers may be further modified either by click chemistry, such as thiol-ene, epoxy-amine reaction and copper catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition. Authors also applied the Passerini synthesis pathway to a mixture of the three initial monomers to obtain a combined photodegradable polymer with triple functionality (P4) (Scheme 4). Reproduced with permission. Copyright 2014, American Chemical Society [3]. The photocleavable character may be determined by UV-Vis and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) techniques, when the polymers cleave into the corresponding ortho-nitrosobenzaldehydes and carboxylic acids. 

Triazoles are attractive compounds and widely used in materials, drugs, and bioconjugation chemistry [124-136]. 1,2,3-Triazoles could be synthesized by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azides with alkynes under thermal conditions via the activation of C-H bond of alkyne [137-141]. The developments of Click reaction, copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC), provide an efficient pathway for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles [142, 135, 143, 144]. They have been well reviewed and we don t discuss it in detail in this chapter. 

Click chemistry is now a popular concept, more specifically when it is used to indicate a copper-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction between alkyl or aryl azides and terminal alkynes. Due to the fact that Cu(I) catalysts dramatically accelerate the original Hiiisgen thermal reaction with perfect control of the mechanistic pathway to lead only to l,4-disubstituted-l,2,3-triazoles, the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction has become one of the most representative examples of click chemistry. It was proposed that this reaction proceeds first through the formation of a copper(l)-acetyhde from a copper(I) catalyst and a terminal alkyne, followed by cycloaddition with a copper(l)-bound azide to generate a triazolyl copper(I) complex, which is released by protonation of the Cu—C bond. 

Copper catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC reaction) is the well-known Huisgen [3+2] cycloaddition reaction of an azide with a terminal alkyne. The CuAAC gives a mild efficient reaction, which requires no protection groups, and no purification in many cases. Appukuttan et al. (2004) reported a one pot, three-component synthesis of various 1,4-substituted-l,2,3-triazoles using the corresponding... 

The copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition is particularly suitable for F-labehng of sensitive biomolecules. Three different radiolabeled alkyne precursors react with azido-functionalized peptides in radiochemical yields (RCYs) of 54-99% and an overall reaction time of 30 min. The reaction is catalyzed by copper sulfate in combination with ascorbic acid or sodium ascorbate. Addition of bathophenanthroline disulfonate (Cul stabilizing agent) accelerates the cycloaddition [90]. 

Another approach for the synthesis of networks relies on the polycondensation of multifunctionalized polyesters with the appropriate multifunctionalized agent, provided that one of the partner is at least tri-functionalized. Toward this end, several reaction have been reported, such as the Michael addition of amines onto acrylates [184], the coupling of ketones and oxyamines [185], the click copper(II)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition [186], and esterification reactions [25, 159, 187]. Interestingly, if esterification reactions are used, the crosslinks are then degradable. 

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