Visible-light-mediated modification and manipulation of biomacromolecules

VM Lechner, M Nappi, PJ Deneny, S Folliet… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chemically modified biomacromolecules─ ie, proteins, nucleic acids, glycans, and lipids─
have become crucial tools in chemical biology. They are extensively used not only to …

Photochemical methods applied to DNA encoded library (DEL) synthesis

B Matsuo, A Granados, G Levitre… - Accounts of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus DNA-encoded library technology (DELT) is a new screening modality that
allows efficient, cost-effective, and rapid identification of small molecules with potential …

Single Electron Transfer-Induced Redox Processes Involving N-(Acyloxy)phthalimides

SK Parida, T Mandal, S Das, SK Hota, S De Sarkar… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed the emergence of N-(acyloxy) phthalimides (NHPI esters)
and its derivatives at the forefront of synthetic methods facilitating the construction of diverse …

Photoinduced chemomimetic biocatalysis for enantioselective intermolecular radical conjugate addition

X Huang, J Feng, J Cui, G Jiang, W Harrison, X Zang… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Exploiting nature's catalysts for non-natural transformations that are inaccessible to
chemocatalysis is highly desirable but challenging. On the one hand, the widespread …

Recent advances in radical chemistry proceeding through pro-aromatic radicals

A Bhunia, A Studer - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
This review illustrates pioneering work and recent advancements on the use of pro-aromatic
compounds as carbon-and heteroatom-radical precursors. Pro-aromatic systems such as 1 …

On-DNA hydroalkylation to introduce diverse bicyclo [1.1. 1] pentanes and abundant alkyls via halogen atom transfer

E Yen-Pon, L Li, G Levitre, J Majhi… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
DNA-encoded libraries have proven their tremendous value in the identification of new lead
compounds for drug discovery. To access libraries in new chemical space, many methods …

Photoredox-mediated hydroalkylation and hydroarylation of functionalized olefins for DNA-encoded library synthesis

SO Badir, A Lipp, M Krumb, MJ Cabrera-Afonso… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA-encoded library (DEL) technology features a time-and cost-effective interrogation
format for the discovery of therapeutic candidates in the pharmaceutical industry. To develop …

Carbon quaternization of redox active esters and olefins by decarboxylative coupling

X Gan, B Zhang, N Dao, C Bi, M Pokle, L Kan… - Science, 2024 - science.org
The synthesis of quaternary carbons often requires numerous steps and complex conditions
or harsh reagents that act on heavily engineered substrates. This is largely a consequence …

Metal-free deoxygenative coupling of alcohol-derived benzoates and pyridines for small molecules and DNA-encoded libraries synthesis

SRN Kolusu, M Nappi - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Alcohols are among the most widely occurring functional groups found in naturally
abundant, biologically relevant organic compounds, which in many cases are considered …

Enantioselective hydroalkylation of alkenylpyridines enabled by merging photoactive electron donor–acceptor complexes with chiral bifunctional organocatalysis

J Guo, Y Xie, ZM Lai, J Weng, ASC Chan, G Lu - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
The potential of electron donor–acceptor (EDA) complex photochemistry has recently been
recognized in visible-light-induced photocatalyst-free radical reactions. The design of …