Sulfur fluoride exchange

JA Homer, L Xu, N Kayambu, Q Zheng… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Click chemistry is a conceptual strategy to rapidly synthesize and discover functional
molecules. Sulfur fluoride exchange (SuFEx) is a click reaction that has revolutionized …

Cracking the code: Reprogramming the genetic script in prokaryotes and eukaryotes to harness the power of noncanonical amino acids

C Jann, S Giofré, R Bhattacharjee, EA Lemke - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over 500 natural and synthetic amino acids have been genetically encoded in the last two
decades. Incorporating these noncanonical amino acids into proteins enables many …

Biospecific Chemistry for Covalent Linking of Biomacromolecules

L Cao, L Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Interactions among biomacromolecules, predominantly noncovalent, underpin biological
processes. However, recent advancements in biospecific chemistry have enabled the …

Engineering pyrrolysine systems for genetic code expansion and reprogramming

DL Dunkelmann, JW Chin - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over the past 16 years, genetic code expansion and reprogramming in living organisms has
been transformed by advances that leverage the unique properties of pyrrolysyl-tRNA …

Bioorthogonal masked acylating agents for proximity-dependent RNA labelling

S Pani, T Qiu, K Kentala, SA Azizi, BC Dickinson - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
RNA localization is highly regulated, with subcellular organization driving context-
dependent cell physiology. Although proximity-based labelling technologies that use highly …

Linkage chemistry of S (VI) fluorides

D Zeng, WP Deng, X Jiang - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfur (VI)‐fluoride exchange linkage as a next generation of click chemistry was introduced
by Sharpless and coworkers in 2014. Distinguished from CuAAC, the SuFEx reaction …

FSO2N3-Enabled Synthesis of Tetrazoles from Amidines and Guanidines

T Wang, L Xu, J Dong - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein we report the facile syntheses of tetrazoles enabled by FSO2N3 under mild
conditions. FSO2N3 has been shown as the most powerful diazotizing reagent, which …

Covalent proteins as targeted radionuclide therapies enhance antitumor effects

PC Klauser, S Chopra, L Cao, KN Bobba, B Yu… - ACS central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecularly targeted radionuclide therapies (TRTs) struggle with balancing efficacy and
safety, as current strategies to increase tumor absorption often alter drug pharmacokinetics …

Sulfonylation of RNA 2′-OH groups

S Chatterjee, R Shioi, ET Kool - ACS Central Science, 2023 - ACS Publications
The nucleophilic reactivity of RNA 2′-OH groups in water has proven broadly useful in
probing, labeling, and conjugating RNA. To date, reactions selective to ribose 2′-OH have …

Development of a covalent cereblon-based PROTAC employing a fluorosulfate warhead

RP Nowak, L Ragosta, F Huerta, H Liu… - RSC Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Many cereblon (CRBN) ligands have been used to develop proteolysis targeting chimeras
(PROTACs), but all are reversible binders of the E3 ubiquitin ligase. We recently described …