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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2023

Hydrazonyl Sultones as Stable Tautomers of Highly Reactive Nitrile Imines for Fast Bioorthogonal Ligation Reaction.

Ming Fang, Gangam Srikanth Kumar, Stefano Racioppi, Heyang Zhang, Johnathan D Rabb, Eva Zurek, Qing Lin

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Protein Modification via Bioorthogonal HS-BCN Ligation.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ming FangDepartment of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1566-4825
Gangam Srikanth KumarDepartment of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6052-9913
Stefano RacioppiDepartment of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4174-1732
Heyang ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States.
Johnathan D RabbDepartment of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States.
Eva ZurekDepartment of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0738-867X
Qing LinDepartment of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9196-5718
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

Development and Applications of Bioorthogonal Chemistry: Equipment SupplementR35GM130307 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI Qing Lin · 2019 to 2026
$3.6M
Acquisition of High Performance Data and Computing Infrastructure to Advance Biomedical ResearchS10OD024973 · OD · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI FURLANI, THOMAS · 2019 to 2019
$1.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130307NIH HHS S10 OD024973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we report the design and synthesis of a new class of bioorthogonal reagents called hydrazonyl sultones (HS) that serve as stable tautomers of highly reactive nitrile imines (NI). Compared to the photogenerated NI, HS display a broad range of aqueous stability and tunable reactivity in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, depending on substituents, sultone ring structure, and solvent conditions. DFT calculations have provided vital insights into the HS → NI tautomerism, including a base-mediated anionic tautomerization pathway and a small activation barrier. Comparative kinetic analysis of tetrazole vs HS-mediated cycloadditions reveals that a tiny fraction of the reactive NI (∼15 ppm) is present in the tautomeric mixture, underpinning the extraordinary stability of the six-membered HS. We further demonstrate the utilities of HS in selective modification of bicyclo[6.1.0]non-4-yn-9-ylmethanol (BCN)-lysine-containing nanobodies in phosphate buffered saline and fluorescent labeling of a BCN-lysine-encoded transmembrane glucagon receptor on live cells.

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PMID37104819
PMCPMC13571761
OpenAlexW4367172740

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