Emerging Trends in Cross-Coupling: Twelve-Electron-Based L1Pd(0) Catalysts, Their Mechanism of Action, and Selected Applications

SJ Firsan, V Sivakumar, TJ Colacot - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Monoligated palladium (0) species, L1Pd (0), have emerged as the most active catalytic
species in the cross-coupling cycle. Today, there are methods available to generate the …

Stapled helical peptides bearing different anchoring residues

X Li, S Chen, WD Zhang, HG Hu - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
A large proportion of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) occur between a short peptide and a
globular protein domain; the peptides involved in surface interactions play important roles …

Macrocyclization strategies for cyclic peptides and peptidomimetics

C Bechtler, C Lamers - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptides are a growing therapeutic class due to their unique spatial characteristics that can
target traditionally “undruggable” protein–protein interactions and surfaces. Despite their …

Late‐stage peptide diversification by position‐selective C− H activation

W Wang, MM Lorion, J Shah, AR Kapdi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The late‐stage modification of structurally complex peptides bears great potential for drug
discovery, crop protection, and the pharmaceutical industry, among others. Whereas …

Recent advances of thiol-selective bioconjugation reactions

P Ochtrop, CPR Hackenberger - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Proteins are the most abundant biomolecules within a cell and are involved in all
biochemical cellular processes, fulfilling specific functions with unmatched precision. This …

Arylation chemistry for bioconjugation

C Zhang, EV Vinogradova… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bioconjugation chemistry has been used to prepare modified biomolecules with functions
beyond what nature intended. Central to these techniques is the development of highly …

Photocatalytic modification of amino acids, peptides, and proteins

C Bottecchia, T Noël - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, visible‐light photoredox catalysis has emerged as a powerful strategy to
enable novel transformations in organic synthesis. Owing to mild reaction conditions (ie …

Organometallic gold (III) reagents for cysteine arylation

MS Messina, JM Stauber, MA Waddington… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
An efficient method for chemoselective cysteine arylation of unprotected peptides and
proteins using Au (III) organometallic complexes is reported. The bioconjugation reactions …

Late-stage functionalization of peptides via a palladium-catalyzed C (sp 3)–H activation strategy

BB Zhan, MX Jiang, BF Shi - Chemical Communications, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptides hold great promise in proteomics, diagnostics and drug discovery. While natural
peptides continue to be of key importance, chemically modified unnatural peptides have …

Orthogonal bioconjugation targeting cysteine-containing peptides and proteins using alkyl thianthrenium salts

G Bao, X Song, Y Li, Z He, Q Zuo, RE, T Yu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Late-stage specific and selective diversifications of peptides and proteins performed at
target residues under ambient conditions are recognized to be the most facile route to …