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ArticleScience advances2023

Alkynone β-trifluoroborates: A new class of amine-specific biocompatible click reagents.

Shenghan Teng, Elvis Wang Hei Ng, Zhenguo Zhang, Chee Ning Soon, Hailun Xu, Ruifang Li, Hajime Hirao, Teck-Peng Loh

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Article in Science advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Shenghan Teng100 Lianhua Street, Zhongyuan District, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1175-7095
Elvis Wang Hei NgWarshel Institute for Computational Biology, School of Life and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-7189-8717
Zhenguo ZhangDivision of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Chemistry Chemical Engineering, and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-7872-4947
Chee Ning SoonDivision of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Chemistry Chemical Engineering, and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-3108-1547
Hailun XuSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.
Ruifang Li100 Lianhua Street, Zhongyuan District, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4824-0930
Hajime HiraoWarshel Institute for Computational Biology, School of Life and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-8239-3471
Teck-Peng Loh100 Lianhua Street, Zhongyuan District, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2936-337X
Nanyang Technological University · SGChinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · CNNanjing Tech University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amine-targeting reactions that work under biocompatible conditions or in water are green processes that are extremely useful for the synthesis of functional materials and biotherapeutics. Unfortunately, despite the usefulness of this reaction, there are very few good amine-specific click methods reported thus far. Here, we report an amine-specific click reagent using alkynone β-trifluoroborates as the electrophiles. These boron-containing alkynyl reagents exhibit extremely high chemoselectivity toward amines even in the presence of thiols. The resulting oxaboracycle products are bench-stable, displaying the reactivities of both organoborates and enaminones. Intrinsic advantages of this methodology include benign reaction conditions, operational simplicity, remarkable product stability, and excellent chemoselectivity, which satisfy the criteria of click chemistry and demonstrate the high potential in bioconjugation. Hence, this water-based chemical approach is also applicable to the modification of native amino acids, peptides, and proteins. Ultimately, the essential role of water during the reaction was elucidated.

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AminesProteinsIndicators and ReagentsPeptidesWaterAminesIndicators and ReagentsPeptidesProteinsWater

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PMID37126553
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