Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

Photoremovable Protecting Groups in Chemistry and Biology: Reaction Mechanisms and
Efficacy | Chemical Reviews ACS ACS Publications C&EN CAS Find my institution Log In …

Many areas of modern technology are dependent on sensitive analytical techniques, and
this is particularly true for environmental science, medicine, pharmacy, and cellular biology …

Since the beginning of scientific chemistry, chemists have been interested in light as an
energy source to induce chemical reactions. 1 Absorbing light, molecules reach an …

Coumarins fused with other aromatic units have recently emerged as a hot topic of research.
Their synthesis is partly based on classical methodologies such as Pechmann reaction or …

Most applications of photoremovable protecting groups have used o-nitrobenzyl compounds
and their (often commercially available) derivatives that, however, have several …

A series of new fluorescent ester conjugates of carboxylic acids including amino acids was
synthesized by coupling with an environment-sensitive fluorophore 1-acetylpyrene …

Model amino acid ester conjugates bearing heterocycles with a thiocarbonyl group
(thiocoumarins and thioquinolones) were prepared by a thionation reaction of the …

Fluorescent conjugates of N-benzyloxycarbonyl protected γ-aminobutyric acid were
prepared by coupling to its C-terminus several polyheteroaromatic, based on the …

Fused oxazole derivatives were synthesized and evaluated as new light triggered protecting
groups by using amino acids as model bifunctional molecules. The photosensitivity of ester …