Functionalization click chemistry

Although beyond the scope of the present discussion, another key realization that has shaped the definition of click chemistry in recent years was that while olefins, through their selective oxidative functionalization, provide convenient access to reactive modules, the assembly of these energetic blocks into the final structures is best achieved through cydoaddition reactions involving carbon-het-eroatom bond formation, such as [l,3]-dipolar cydoadditions and hetero-Diels-Al-der reactions. The copper(i)-catalyzed cydoaddition of azides and terminal alkynes [5] is arguably the most powerful and reliable way to date to stitch a broad variety... 

A microwave-assisted three-component reaction has been used to prepare a series of 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazoles with complete control of regiose-lectivity by click chemistry , a fast and efficient approach to novel functionalized compounds using near perfect reactions [76]. In this user-friendly procedure for the copper(l) catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azides and alkynes, irradiation of an alkyl halide, sodium azide, an alkyne and the Cu(l) catalyst, produced by the comproportionation of Cu(0) and Cu(ll), at 125 °C for 10-15 min, or at 75 °C for certain substrates, generated the organic azide in situ and gave the 1,4-disubstituted regioisomer 43 in 81-93% yield, with no contamination by the 1,5-regioisomer (Scheme 18). 

It is not only the activity that can be altered by incorporation of noncoded amino acids. Introduction of structures possessing certain chemical functions leads to the possibility of highly regioselective modification of enzymes. For example, selective enzymatic modification of cystein residues with compounds containing azide groups has led to the preparation of enzymes that could be selectively immobilized using click chemistry methods [99]. 

Besides short ELPS, longer ELPs have also been conjugated to synthetic polymers. In one approach, Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition click chemistry was applied. For this purpose, ELPs were functionalized with azides or alkynes via incorporation of azidohomoalanine and homopropargyl glycine, respectively, using residue-specific replacement of methionine in ELP via bacterial expression [133]. More recently, an alternative way to site-selectively introduce azides into ELPs was developed. Here, an aqueous diazotransfer reaction was performed directly onto ELP[V5L2G3-90] using imidazole-1-sulfonyl azide [134]. 

Schupak A. The Bunny Chip. Forbes Magazine 2005 vol. 176 no. 3 pp. 53-4. Kolb HC, Finn MG, Sharpless KB. Click chemistry diverse chemical function from a few good reactions. Angew Chemie Inti Ed 2001 vol. 40 no. 11, pp. 2004-21. 

Another ABPP platform integrates click chemistry (CC), where an alkyne or azide group in the ABP acts as a latent attachment point for a reporter tag [34,35]. Replacing bulky reporter groups with an alkyne extends ABP design to include probes that function in live cells and... 

Hiki S, Kataoka K (2010) Versatile and selective synthesis of click chemistry compatible heterobifunctional poly(ethylene glycol)s possessing azide and alkyne functionalities. Bioconjug Chem 21 248-254... 

Click chemistry refers to the reaction between an azido functional group and an alkyne to form a [3 + 2] cycloaddition product, a 5-membered triazole ring. This reaction has been used for many years in organic synthesis to form heterocyclic rings. Normally, the click reaction requires high temperatures, and this was the main reason that it was not used as a bioconjugation tool. However, it was discovered that in aqueous solutions and in the presence of Cu(I), the reaction kinetics are dramatically accelerated to provide high yields even at room temperature and ambient pressures (Rostovtsev et al., 2002 Tornoe et al., 2002 Sharpless et al., 2005). 

The functional groups used for click chemistry conjugations are completely unreactive toward biological molecules and virtually free of side reactions, which otherwise would cause reagent... 

In another application of coupling proteins to surfaces using click chemistry, Duckworth et al. (2006) carried out prenylation of a protein using a farnesyl azide derivative and the enzyme farnesyl transferase for subsequent chemoselective ligation to alkyne-functionalized agarose beads. The result is a highly discrete, site-specific attachment of the protein to the solid phase at a single location. 

Kolb, H.C., Finn, M.G., and Sharpless, K.B. (2001) Click chemistry Diverse chemical function from a few good reactions. Angew. Chem. Int. 40, 2004-2021. 

Diazonium salts are another useful source of free radicals, and the formation of the reactive species can be achieved by reductive electrolysis or direct treatment with diazonium tetrafluoroborate salts [39]. By this route, several aryl derivatives could be introduced onto the nanotube sidewalls [40]. Aryl groups bearing halogen or alkyne functionalities are particularly interesting as they can be further reacted in Pd-catalyzed coupling reactions (Suzuki, Heck) or in click chemistry reactions to create products with great potential in materials science [41]. 

Palacin, T., et al., Efficient Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with Porphyrin Dendrons via Click Chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009.131(42) p. 15394-15402. 

Malkoch M, Schleicher K, DrockenmuUer E, Hawker CJ, Russell TP, Wu P, FoMn VV (2005) Structurally diverse dendritic libraries a Mghly efficient functionalization approach using click-chemistry. Macromolecules 38 3663-3678... 

Finally, Lecomte and coworkers reported the synthesis of mikto-arm star-shaped aliphatic polyesters by implementing a strategy based on click chemistry (Fig. 36) [162]. Firstly, the polymerization of sCL was initiated by a diol bearing an alkyne function. The chain-ends were protected from any further undesired reaction by the esterification reaction with acetyl chloride. The alkyne was then reacted with 3-azidopropan-l-ol. The hydroxyl function located at the middle of the chain was then used to initiate the ROP of sCL and y-bromo-s-caprolactone. Finally, pendant bromides were reacted successfully with sodium azide and then with N, N-dimethylprop-2-yn-l-amine to obtain pendant amines. Under acidic conditions, pendant amines were protonated and the polymer turned out to exhibit amphiphilic properties. 

Riva R, Schmeits S, Jerome C, Jerome R, Lecomte P (2007) Combination of ring-opening polymerization and click chemistry toward functionalization and grafting of poly( -caprolactone). Macromolecules 40 796-803... 

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