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SUBMITTER: Sletten EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3206493 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20111017 44
New additions to the bioorthogonal chemistry compendium can advance biological research by enabling multiplexed analysis of biomolecules in complex systems. Here we introduce the quadricyclane ligation, a new bioorthogonal reaction between the highly strained hydrocarbon quadricyclane and Ni bis(dithiolene) reagents. This reaction has a second-order rate constant of 0.25 M(-1) s(-1), on par with fast bioorthogonal reactions of azides, and proceeds readily in aqueous environments. Ni bis(dithiole ...[more]