Water soluble reagents and methods for the formation of an amide bond between a phosphinothioester and an azide in an aqueous medium. The phosphinothioester is generated using a water-soluble phosphinothiol reagent. This reaction allows formation of an amide bond between a wide variety of chemical species including amino acids, peptides or protein fragments in an aqueous solution. Of particular interest, this reaction allows for the formation of an amide bond in a physiological setting. In a specific embodiment, this invention provides reagents and methods for peptide ligation in an aqueous medium. The reaction eliminates the need for a cysteine residue and is traceless leaving no residual atoms in the ligated peptide product.
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Coulombic effects on the traceless Staudinger ligation in water
The traceless Staudinger ligation can be mediated by phosphinothiols under physiological conditions. Proximal positive charges are necessary to achieve that transformation, presumably because those charges discourage protonation of the key iminophosphoran
Tam, Annie,Raines, Ronald T.
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(2009/09/06)
Novel aminoethylbiphenyls as 5-HT7 receptor ligands
The synthesis of a series of aminoethylbiphenyls as novel 5-HT7 receptor ligands is described. The novel derivatives exhibit high affinity for the 5-HT7 receptor with selectivity toward 5-HT1A receptor.